Class 1-1.
They were in the midst of an unprecedented crisis.
The atmosphere was tense, on the verge of collapse.
Komi! Komi!
Curses flew through the air.
HUH?
The delinquents from episode three appeared.
The class is now…
That's why I think Komi should…!
I'm Komi's…!
-I want Komi to…! -Komi! Komi!
Um, ah, hey everyone.
…deciding what to do for the culture festival.
Alright.
Okay, I got it!
Just stop!
We voted and amazingly, it was a tie.
Let's all hear one last pitch for each choice,
and vote one more time!
And for better or worse,
that'll be our choice!
That's what you want to say, right Tadano?
Huh? Uh… Alright, let's do that.
NAJIMI'S PROPOSAL
Above all, I think we should do a maid cafe.
It may be overdone and old. But listen.
You want to see it, don't you? Komi in a maid outfit.
Of course we do!
Me next.
-YAMAI'S PROPOSAL -I propose a haunted house.
It is a lot of work and money.
But that's just the kind of thing that would bring us together, right?
And in a darkened room,
we could get away with touching Komi's butt.
You have a point!
That's not okay!
-NAKANAKA'S PROPOSAL -I think we should make a band.
I know not many people would be featured,
but some don't want to be in the spotlight.
Anyway…
Don't you want to hear the voice of our god?
Huh? We want to hear it!
-AGARI'S PROPOSAL -I think we should do a whack-a-mole game!
Ow!
I want to be whacked by Komi.
-She's a genius?! -CLASS MASOCHISTS
-SHINOBINO'S PROPOSAL -How about making an indie film?
Rescuing Princess Komi, snatched by ninjas.
-THE KOMI BODYGUARDS -Wait. It's gotta be a medieval story.
Ninjas are nonsense!
We don't have the budget.
-ONEMINE'S PROPOSAL -I think we should sell rice balls.
Everyone needs a snack, right?
And I'm good at making rice balls.
-A rice ball made by our god! -Huh?
A rice ball made by Komi!
YADANO'S PROPOSAL
Bowling, billiards, darts.
Anything to do with competition.
-MAKERU FAN CLUB -Wow Makeru, you're so cool!
Makeru has a fan club?
-ONIGASHIMA'S PROPOSAL -Let's do fortune telling!
Check your compatibility with Komi.
Yeah! I want to know my compatibility!
-NON-OTAKU YUJI OTAKU'S PROPOSAL -We should sell fan fiction.
If Komi dresses up in cosplay everyone will buy them.
A new character?
-YAMAI'S 2ND PROPOSAL -We should sell frankfurters too!
I can get Komi to su--
I won't let you say it!
NOKOKO INAKA'S PROPOSAL
A disco!
Say it out loud.
CREPE STAND, DISCO, FILM, BAND, MAID CAFE: 3 VOTES
It was a tie.
-KOMI! KOMI! -I WANT KOMI TO…
Will history will repeat itself again?
Oh, by the way.
What did you vote for?
KOMI! KOMI!
I mean, only if you're comfortable telling me.
I CHOSE THE MAID CAFE.
Huh? Oh!
The maid cafe?
THAT'S SURPRISING…
MAID CAFE: 36 VOTES
Maid cafe it is!
The class was united.
Help over here!
MISSION 37 "IT'S JUST FESTIVAL PREPARATIONS."
I'll be done soon.
Someone take out the garbage.
I have to carry this. Move the desks!
KOMI WANTS TO HELP BUT CAN'T.
Hey, someone hold that end!
OKAY!
Anyone!
It's okay. I'll do it.
Komi, you can
rest on that throne!
GOD
I don't have enough supplies at all.
Culture Festival Committee Member!
Hm?
-Yes? What is it? -OTORI IS A SPACE CADET.
We don't have enough supplies so I want someone to go buy more.
I see.
SLIP!
I mean, could you choose someone and tell them to go?
Work out a budget and all that.
I see.
Is she okay?
Alright, I'll go buy them.
You will?
Don't you think a couple more people should go along?
I suppose.
Alright.
Komi, do you want to come with me?
Huh?
Is it alright to ask Komi?
She's a god! It's sacrilegious!
You seem free. Let's go!
NOD
This worries me…
-I'm worried. I'll go too! -ONEMINE IS LIKE A BIG SISTER.
Onemine! Good save!
I want to go too!
-Me too! -Me too!
We can't!
We have to make this culture festival a success for Komi's sake…
There's no time for shopping.
I guess we should stay.
Alright, I'll--
If we can't go, you can't either!
Whoa.
IN THE END, THREE OF THEM WENT.
When a person has extreme social anxiety,
they struggle to communicate with others.
Bear in mind, they only struggle to form connections.
It doesn't mean that they don't want to.
We're here!
It sure took a while.
Now, what do we need?
Panels, paint, cloth…
Alright! Let's split up…
No, let's go together.
Onemine felt like something bad might happen if she left them alone.
Home improvement stores are so exciting!
You know what I mean?
Is this the kind of panel they need?
Kaede?
Yeah, I think I know what you mean.
Huh?
It's my first time here, though.
Oh! You mean about home improvement stores being exciting.
Is that right.
It's your first time at a…
-GONE -She disappeared!
Th-This is an emergency! Let's split up and look for her!
Huh?
I wonder where everyone went?
Oh, Komi. Hi there.
I'm sorry for causing trouble.
Are you mad?
Oh, then I'm glad.
You seem like…
you want to chat.
Take your time.
You're going to write it?
WHY DID YOU ASK ME TO COME?
Hm. Good question.
I don't know.
It's just…
when I saw you with Tadano and the others,
I wanted to become friends with you too, I guess.
Hm?
IN JUNIOR HIGH, DURING CLASS EVENTS,
I COULDN'T REALLY HELP OR PARTICIPATE.
I FELT BAD I COULDN'T HELP.
WHEN YOU ASKED ME TO HELP…
I WAS REALLY HAPPY.
GONE
Komi!
-What's this? -Miss!
Sheesh! Kaede, you're such a handful.
Onemine.
I'm friends with Komi now!
Really? That's nice.
Oh, of course, you're my friend too.
Yeah, thanks.
Komi!
Let's work hard for the culture festival!
Yes.
She spoke!
We have to ask her to help out more!
The shopping team is back!
Let's go help them carry the supplies!
Yeah.
We're going to hand out festival flyers!
Here we are! At Itan Shopping Street by the school.
We'll give flyers to the shopkeepers, and ask them to put them up!
C'mon Komi, you're up!
I figured that was your plan!
Okay, first you show her how it's done.
Well, if you insist.
Hello sir! Will you put up our flyer?
That was fast!
Still talking?
He'll put up the flyer!
And I got some croquettes!
The very embodiment of people skills!
-I FEEL LIKE I CAN DO IT. -Really?
Alright Komi, let's do this!
Welcome!
Go ahead, that seat's free.
What would you like?
KOMI SAT DOWN.
-KOMI ATE A WHOLE MEAL. -Huh?
Okay, let's try a place you've been to before.
Shoko!
And your friends?
Sniff, sniff.
Alright.
You want me to put up the flyer here, right?
That's my brilliant boss!
RAMEN DARO
They're kindred spirits.
We still have one left.
Let's give it to the person at this house!
How can you be so assertive?
Hello? Who's there?
Oh, I'm sorry. Did we wake him up?
It's alright. He's always like this.
We're students from Itan High School.
We're having a culture festival next week.
You're welcome to come.
Oh! Thank you.
RUMBLE
Huh? He stopped crying.
Ah! Kokko!
-Kokko! -Hm? What is it?
Ah.
We're finished!
Good job Tadano and Komi and me!
Let's head back.
Kokko!
We have more work to do, Kokko.
The night before the festival.
Many of the students stayed behind,
preparing for the following day.
But the scene…
was one of corpses.
It was like a room full of dead bodies.
Hey!
We made rice balls!
Whoa!
The corpses came back to life.
Wow!
-Hang on. -These rice balls…
Some were made by Komi!
Which ones? Which did she make?
I can't choose!
Who, who made the rice balls…
-NAJIMI'S TESTIMONY -I made strangely-shaped ones.
Cubes and diamonds and so on.
-ONEMINE'S TESTIMONY -Mine are a little big.
But they're not too big to eat!
KOMI'S TESTIMONY
Komi, yours were a nice shape.
-YAMAI'S TESTIMONY -Komi made small rice balls!
They weren't nicely shaped!
-So give me all the nice ones! -SOMEONE IS LYING! GUESS WHO?
Rock, scissors, paper…
-I'll never eat this. -Hey! Let me go!
I'll offer it to the deities.
Precious…
I guess this is Najimi's.
It's a very well-made cube.
How was this made?
Nom.
Mm?
It's good!
Now,
whose rice ball is Tadano eating, I wonder?
KOMI COPIED NAJIMI AND ATTEMPTED ONE STRANGELY-SHAPED RICE BALL.
NICE CUBE, KOMI!
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the 23rd Itan High School Culture Festival!
1-1 MAID CAFE ITAN
What's wrong, Komi?
Oh, you wanted a longer one?
A-ha-ha, there are none.
-Yamai fell! -She passed out!
-Yamai's faking! -Kidding! We made a longer one for you.
-Yamai's shooting a low-angle video! -They're so loud.
PASSIONATE PLANET
MAID EXPERT: TATSUHITO AKIDO
TATSUHITO AKIDO (32)
The maid expert's morning starts early.
It's 6 a.m. He decides which maid cafe to visit.
One per day.
On that day,
He thinks only of that maid cafe.
As soon as he decides, he cleanses his body.
"I mustn't make a bad impression on the maids."
That's Akido's motto.
Here's where Akido chose today.
Itan High School Culture Festival Class 1-1 Event, Maid Cafe.
Though it's only a high school culture festival,
if it's too sub-par, I'll just make an excuse and…
Welcome back, Master!
Oh, uh, thank you.
Akido is a regular otaku
so he shrinks in front of a real girl.
Oh-ho. Excellent attention to detail for a high school festival.
But inside his head, he's high and mighty.
Thank you for waiting!
Can I get you something to eat?
Uh, I'll have the Omurice Served with Lov--
Yessir!
Ah.
The peppy character… Very nice.
What is thine desire?
Wh-Whoa! I-I'm sorry!
Ugh. Hurry up and decide.
Uh…
Geeky, clumsy, prickly, peppy.
They've got all the archetypes.
Oh!
Uh.
Um.
Wha…?!
W-Why is she scowling at me like that?
Oh! I know.
I've been ogling the maids so openly.
It's certainly not appropriate for a man to have feelings for his maids.
That's why you're mad, right?
Ah.
Pa…
on…
Pa…on…?
"Patronizing"! I knew it!
*PARDON ME
Here's your omurice!
I… I'll be going.
GLOOM
KOMI THINKS HE'S UPSET BECAUSE OF HER POOR SERVICE.
Please…
Uh…
C'mon Komi, the farewell greeting is,
"Please come back soon, Master!"
Right?
Saying the wrong farewell greeting is taboo for a maid.
But…
I guess she's an ice-queen type.
Hm?
Maid expert, Tatsuhito Akido.
Once again, this encounter will take him to a new place.
MAID CAFE
Tadano! Tadano!
We have the maid outfit that Komi rejected!
No.
Woo-woo!
I said no.
MAIDS CHANGING
TADANO
-What are you doing, Tadano? -It looks stupid, Tadano.
-Not bad. -Cut it out, guys!
STARE
Can I take it off yet?
You chose this, so take it seriously.
You made me wear it!
Shoko! I've arrived!
Komi's mom is here!
Right this way!
Thanks!
H-Here's some water.
Huh?
Tadano?
Uh, yes.
Oh. I see…
It… It's not like that, okay?
What are you doing? Shosuke, come here!
-Sho… -…suke?
Wow! So cool and cute!
ALL THE MAIDS STOLE HIM AWAY.
SHOSUKE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE AND LEFT IMMEDIATELY.
Hitohito! I was bored, so I came.
Oh.
Uh.
Don't act like that.
Hey, Mom? Did you see?
Yeah, you were right about him.
Right about what?!
MAIDS ON BREAK
Darn you Najimi.
Hm?
Komi! Good work out there!
Today went really well!
This doesn't suit me, does it?
YOU LOOK CUTE.
Huh? Oh, thank you… very much.
The two started to feel awkward.
ITAN FESTIVAL (AKA KOMI FES)
To be continued!
Subtitle translation by: Claire Tanaka