Up. Down.
Left.
Alright.
Next, Osana.
Right!
D-Down!
Left?
Okay, next!
When a person has extreme social anxiety,
they struggle to communicate with others.
-POINT… -STARTLE!
Bear in mind, they only struggle to form connections.
It doesn't mean that they don't want to.
Komi is the prettiest, most admired girl in class.
Plus, she's a god.
She enraptures with her beauty,
bringing joy to us commoners.
Oh, hi. Nice to meet you.
My name is Makeru Yadano.
I'm just a humble subject, but I have a little goal today.
That is…
to beat Komi at the physical exam.
Someone is giving Komi a death glare.
This physical exam has four parts.
Vision, height, weight, seated height.
If I can win three or more, I'll be victorious!
I'll beat the most superior being in our class.
It would be my greatest achievement.
But what's this?
She's not answering at all.
I was unsure about the vision test,
but it may be an easy win!
Komi, your eyesight's above average.
CAN'T SEE KOMI POINTING
What's up with that?
-Komi wasn't even answering. -Y-Yadano?
Could it be, Komi…
bribed the examiner?
Unacceptable!
-You'd play dirty poker just to beat me? -Hey, ow. That hurts, Yadano.
Fine then. I'll play fair and square.
And I'll beat you!
BELOW AVERAGE EYESIGHT
You lose!
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
SEATED HEIGHT
Alright, it's all measured.
It's on… It's so on, Komi!
ROUND 2 - HEIGHT KOMI: 168 CM
YADANO: 156 CM
Looks like I can't win this one.
It's fine as long as I don't lose.
Mine is higher!
Yay! It's a tie…
It's weight and seated height!
What does that mean?
I'm shorter, but my seated height and weight are both higher?
Hang on a minute.
Who decided that it's better for those to be lower?
In harsh lands like the savanna,
people who can store fat are the winners in a food crisis.
Seated height?
There must be a place where they love short-legged women!
That's right!
It's a tie, Komi.
Incidentally, Tadano was average in every category.
NO POINT MEASURING THE OBVIOUS.
MISSION 11 "IT'S JUST A CRUSH."
My name is Hitohito Tadano.
I'm an ordinary high schooler.
One extraordinary thing?
I'm friends with the prettiest girl in schoo--
My name is Ren Yamai.
I'm an ordinary high schooler.
How ordinary, you ask?
I don't like studying, but I love fashion!
Good morning!
I've got my worries, but I have lots of friends and I'm happy!
That's ordinary, right?
And right now…
I have a little crush.
BA-BUMP…
Komi walking.
Komi kneeling.
Komi standing.
Komi going upstairs.
Komi, Komi, Komi…
TWITCHING
Oh.
Komi's so beautiful I lost myself.
Get it together!
I can't stare too much or it'll be rude.
Ah, traces of Komi's aroma.
This color, shine, scent.
There's no mistaking it. This is Komi's hair!
Today I'll make her mine.
No.
I hope we can be friends.
Calm down.
Chill out, Ren Yamai.
Smile and greet her and you'll be one step closer.
Alright!
-Good morning, Kom-- -K-Komi!
Good morning!
AGARI IS KOMI'S DOG.
Oh no! I'm sorry.
Y-Your dog shouldn't speak to you.
I-I'll be going!
What's up with her?
How could such an embarrassment speak to our holiness?
I've got to pull myself together.
-Komi, Good mo-- -Morning!
Hey, did you see the moon last night?
It was so pink!
And you know what?
Huh?
Oh, Yamai.
Morning!
Oh, Najimi. Good morning.
Ever the little chatterbox.
Chatterbox?
Komi, good morning.
Yeah! I did it!
I was interrupted but I greeted Her Majesty!
CREAK
Oh my.
Oh, Yamai. You know…
Komi's so perfect!
Huh?
I feel so reassured.
Of course!
I, a commoner, spoke casually to Her Majesty.
If Her Majesty replied, she'd be selling herself short.
She ignored me and that makes me so happy!
Yamai?
Najimi. Come here.
Huh?
I've been wanting to ask you, what's your relationship with Komi?
-Yamai, this isn't your usual-- -Just answer the question.
W-We're just friends.
Oops, I sneezed.
As if! Are you kidding me?
Najimi.
We're friends, right?
So of course you'll introduce me to Komi, won't you?
She may kill me if I turn her down.
Anyway, this is Ren Yamai.
We played those games, remember? I'm Ren Yamai. Nice to meet you.
TREMBLE
Wha…
RATTLE
I can't handle this!
Her big, soulful eyes.
Her shiny hair.
Her quivering gestures.
She's like a cute little chihuahua!
I want to touch her! Stroke her, lick her, date her!
But I can't! Her Majesty is holy!
Patience… Patience Ren Yamai!
Not yet.
What's making Yamai do this?
Act normal.
Just act normal. Ren Yamai.
Hey Komi. Do you like Hamburg steak?
I made too much today for my lunch.
Could you help me out by eating some?
It's my patented Indirect Lunch Invitation!
Of course I made the food myself.
I mixed the raw meat with my bare hands!
TADANO'S DESK
You can do it!
Yeaaaah!
Oh!
Oh, sorry. That was nothing.
I mean it wasn't nothing. I'm just happy.
So happy.
Homeroom is starting.
I'll see you later, Komi.
TREMBLE
Yikes!
What is happening?
Oh, is Tadano absent today?
When Tadano's not here, I don't know what Komi is thinking!
Where are you, Tadano?!
Where am I?
What is this place?
There's photos of Komi everywhere.
A photocollage?
This must be Yamai's room.
What's going to happen to me?!
Someone!
Yamai!
Can I go to your house today?
Why so sudden?
Well, you won't leave Tadano's seat even though lunch is over.
I figured you wanted to talk.
Yes.
I don't want to leave Komi's side.
It was so fun spending lunch with Komi.
We got to talk so much.
KOMI WAS SILENT.
It was the best moment of my life.
I don't want to lose this moment.
Is that so wrong?!
Of course, Komi will come too.
Huh?!
K-Komi?
In my room?
That means her scent will get on my bed and cushions?
Sure, of course…
Oh right, that thing's at my place.
What should I do?
Komi…
That thing…
Komi…
Sure, of course it's fine!
Komi won by a landslide.
It's already evening.
I'm hungry.
My room is a mess. Just wait here.
Alright. Sorry for the sudden visit.
She's coming!
Yikes!
I'm dead…
PASS
Which do you prefer, the woods or the sea?
Th-The woods?
I see.
That's where I'll bury you then.
In the woods?
Yamai, are you done?
Almost!
My special person is coming.
If you scream I'll bury…
Well, if you don't scream I won't bury you.
Okay?
Seems like I'm dead either way.
Alright, come on in!
Go on and rub your scent on everything!
Scent?
Is that Najimi's voice?
It's Najimi!
Najimi! Help me!
Ahaha sorry. The neighbors are so loud.
She's unphased!
What a wild neighbor.
I'll kill you, got it? Stay quiet.
The woods are nearby. Shut up and obey.
Ha-ha. Don't worry about that.
How can I not?!
I'll go make some tea. Wait here.
Is jasmine tea alright?
Uh, sure.
Don't open the closet.
Uh, sure.
NAJIMI OPENS IT IMMEDIATELY.
Sorry. Are we interrupting something?
SOME KIND OF KINK?
Oh. You saw.
Don't misunderstand, Komi.
It's not like I took out Tadano to get close to you.
-Cooking chopsticks! -They've been sharpened!
It's for Komi's sake.
Right?
You're not smart or handsome. Your height and build are average.
You're not that funny and your features are plain.
All you've got is that crappy hairstyle, Trashboy.
It doesn't make sense for you to be near Komi.
It hurts to be reminded.
Right, Komi?
You agree, don't you?
After all…
You're pretty, shapely, and classy and have a good personality,
and for some reason it doesn't make me jealous.
You complete me.
Why should royalty like you
be with the lowest rung of the school caste system?
Don't you agree, Komi?
You'd be happier with more popular friends.
So you don't need Tadano.
You need me.
I've worked hard so everyone will like me.
To be friends with you.
See?
I'm the ideal friend for you, Komi.
You want to be my friend, don't you?
Right? Komi.
Huh?
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
So polite.
W-Wait…
Wait, Komi!
I…
I did it all for you!
LOOKS FOR A PLACE TO WRITE
USES THE FLOOR
I CHOOSE MY OWN FRIENDS.
She won't even speak to me.
She hates me.
What should I do?
Tadano!
THE NEXT DAY
I feel like I forgot something.
Whatever.
Komi's background!
Is she angry?
Komi?
WE NEED TO TALK.
I guess she really is angry at me?!
Um…
Komi? You wanted to talk?
CREAK
I usually know what she's thinking, but not now!
I'M NOT SURE IF I SHOULD BE YOUR FRIEND.
What does that mean?
YESTERDAY, YOU WENT THROUGH SOMETHING AWFUL.
Yeah, that's true.
YAMAI SAID SHE DID IT FOR ME.
THIS IS EVERYTHING YAMAI SAID.
She remembers everything? Wow!
THIS IS ALL MY FAULT. I PUT YOU IN DANGER.
That's not tru--
YES IT IS.
So fast!
WHAT IF WE NEVER FOUND YOU IN THAT ROOM?
WHAT IF SOMETHING WORSE HAPPENED?
WHAT IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN?
BECAUSE OF ME.
SO I…
I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE YOUR FRIEND.
Oh.
Okay. I understand.
But listen, Komi.
I choose my own friends.
BLUSH
Um, no, not like that!
It's just, you know.
It's like what you said yesterday.
I wasn't trying to sound cool.
It just popped out.
I wasn't trying to act cool.
Just forget about it!
I know I'm super awkward.
I'M SORRY.
Sorry about what?
I…
I do…
want…
to…
be…
f-friends…
with…
you.
Yes.
Thank you so…
Huh? Uh. Um…
Um, I also
want to be friends with--
There you are!
I've been looking for you!
Come here!
Yamai wants to apologize.
To Tadano.
Huh? To me?
Um, Tadano…
About yesterday…
I'm sorry!
I went too far.
I should have just threatened you to shut you up.
I'm sorry I said such terrible things.
That was how I felt, but I shouldn't have said them.
I truly regret it. I'm sorry!
She sucks at apologizing.
I'm sorry to you too, Komi.
It was presumptuous of me.
It's not for me to decide who should be your friend.
This all happened because of my selfishness.
It'll never happen again. I'm sorry!
Uh, okay.
ALRIGHT.
I guess you still…
You still refuse to speak to me!
A life where Komi won't speak to me
is not a life worth living!
Where'd she get the chopstick?!
-Don't be so hasty! -Let me go, Najimi!
Can I tell her about you?
NOD
Yamai!
Komi is just bad at talking to people.
She's got bad communication skills!
Don't be ridiculous!
Stop badmouthing Komi.
THEY EXPLAINED THOROUGHLY.
What…
So it was all a misunderstanding?
I can't believe it.
I love that Komi has such a cute side!
Huh?
You want to make 100 friends?
Komi you're adorable!
Nobody can stop Yamai.
Gosh, 100 friends.
GLANCE…
Peek.
She just said "peek."
WANTS TO BE FRIENDS!
What do you want to do, Komi?
KOMI'S UNSURE!
Understandable.
L-LET'S BE FRIENDS.
Yes! A thousand times yes!
FANTASY
-I'LL DIE IF KOMI HATES ME! -THERE, THERE. WE'LL APOLOGIZE TOMORROW.
If you touch Komi I'll bury you.
Yamai is obsessed.
Subtitle translation by: Claire Tanaka