Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota (顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君)

Kashiwada!

Come by my house after school today.

I got something you'll like.

It's gotta be a horror game.

Okay.

Good, glad it's settled.

So, to translate,

he wants you to come over because he won't get to see you over spring break.

Don't start making stuff up!

OOTA-KUN'S HOUSE

There...

Crap! I wasn't done yet!

You're too early.

NERVOUS

What's wrong? Might as well come in.

There's nobody else home, anyway.

Thanks for having me.

This way.

It's awfully dark.

Well, the curtains are closed.

O-Oh no, the lights won't turn on!

Maybe it's paranormal activity?!

SCARED

She's still not scared.

But I've got plenty of traps left!

And once she's in my room, that's the end!

Here we go.

Oh, no! It must be a poltergeist!

SURPRISED

There's plenty left where that came from! Count on it!

"Notes for how to defeat Kashiwada."

"This current plan involves—"

Hey!

Who said you could read that?!

Just... forget what you saw.

What's this?

TASHIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATION ALBUM

Just my album from when I graduated grade school.

Can I look at it?

Sure, I don't care.

OOTA AKITO

You haven't changed at all, Oota.

You're blurry in all these pictures.

Well, I could never sit still.

Oh, there's one where you came through clearly.

That's the face you make after a teacher yells at you.

Shut up! Enough with the album already!

This is the face you made when you peed yourself.

You don't need to look at pics from preschool!

OUR TREASURES ADACHI-KUN - PLANE UENO-KUN - ACORN AONO-KUN - SWEETS OOTA-KUN - TOY CAR

There's a page for "our treasures."

Quit looking!

And check it out! There's a hand coming out from under the bed!

Hey!

I can't find it.

What are you even looking for?!

Well, I dunno what it was, but tough luck!

I'm not hiding anything under my bed!

Now sit down already.

My stupid sister is always coming in here to snoop around, anyway...

She's so damn annoying.

The New Year's card I sent you was under your pillow.

I-It's not what you think!

What do you mean?

I-It's not like that!

Not like what?

Gimme that, dammit!

And after I hid it, too.

Who goes digging around under someone's pillow, anyway?

The scarf was under there, too.

Knock it off!

Quit exploring! This is why I didn't want a girl in here!

But you invited me, Oota.

Th-That's...

Because I don't consider you a girl!

I just wanted to surprise you, anyway.

You're more like some new kind of animal!

That look... come to think of it, I remember...

Y'know, I don't think I've ever seen Kashiwada mad.

That's a good point.

Although it's possible that she's always mad, too.

That's a terrifying thought!

Check this out. I'll piss her off.

Go on, Kashiwada! Get mad!

Oota...

That was mean.

FURIOUS

He returned it without saying a word.

Kinda weak.

Crap... she's got the same look as she did then.

Kashiwada's mad.

I... I went too far.

I-It's not that I don't see you as a girl.

D-Don't take it the wrong way, but...

You're not... just some girl.

You're... special, I guess.

Special?

I know.

You can have this.

I don't need it... it's basically trash.

OUR TREASURES

OOTA-KUN - TOY CAR

I'm special...

Come on, let's get playing!

You're too loud, Oota.

Watch the damn game, all right?! Quit looking at me!

SCARED

I don't know what he meant by calling me special, but...

I get the feeling I will, someday.

Kashiwada! Today, at noon, a meteor's gonna hit your head!

What kind of lie is that?!

No one would believe something so obviously fake.

IN DESPAIR

See? Even Kashiwada's stunned by how stupid it was.

I know it's April Fool's Day, but, dude...

I hate you, Oota.

That's obviously not true.

HATE

Hate... hate... hate...

I-I knew it all along.

KASHIWADA-SAN AND CHERRY BLOSSOMS

It's Kashiwada.

What are you grinning about? Some new stupidity?

Lately she comes out here at lunch to look at the cherry blossoms.

You sure do pay close attention to her.

So I set up a pitfall underneath the trees.

Even Kashiwada's bound to freak out and call for help!

You're still pulling grade- school tricks like that?!

There's nothing grade-school about it. I really used my head.

THE NEXT DAY

Every day, I made the hole a little bit bigger, so it wouldn't be obvious.

Talk about well prepared, right?

You don't have any hobbies or anything, do you?

THE DAY AFTER THAT

Shut up!

Hey! She's charging us!

Maybe she noticed the hole and is mad?

Are you checking out the cherry blossoms too, Oota?

Hell no! I don't care about flowers and stuff.

His only interest is in you, Kashiwada!

Dammit, don't joke like that! I'll kick your butt!

I'm just telling the truth!

You only ever pay attention to her!