Sonny Boy

This was on you. See?

Mm. Thank you.

So, like, is that fun or something?

Huh?

You'll spend the entire day just lying on the floor like that.

Is it fun?

Oh, uh... Well... 'Course it is.

Oh, yeah? You don't say.

There went the last ball!

-- What? -- Man...

Ugh, they're at it again...

Playing super-powers, taking it too far.

Not surprising.

You have one, Nagara?

What?

Do you have a super-power?

Wouldn't be on the floor if I did.

Fair point. Should've guessed.

-- -- Anyway.

I wonder why all of this craziness is happening.

Like, the rest of the world vanished and the only thing left

is the school.

How are we gonna fix this mess, huh?

Our summer vacation plans are all screwed up.

-- --

Hey. So what do you think this place is?

A utopia?

Or Hell?

I don't know.

Oh! Going somewhere?

To the bathroom.

Of course. Okay.

Man, my stomach's killing me!

-- -- Huh?

Jeez, you guys!

Are you trying to break all of the windows in here?

Well. What do you expect?

Ugh. No one's using their brain and it's pissing me off!

I mean, I totally get it.

Yeah? You get what?

Most of those guys were just regular losers yesterday,

and then--boom--they get these crazy powers.

It seems only natural that they'd wanna see

what they can do, don't ya think?

Well, sure, but when things go back to normal,

all this crap is gonna be on us.

How so?

The teacher's'll say something like,

we neglected our duties as the student council.

I don't want that on my permanent record, do you?

Relax, man. I'll think of something.

They won't be breaking anything else.

How're you gonna stop 'em?

Like, you've seen their powers, right?

You're convincing, but...

Have you ever known me to say I'm gonna do something,

and then not deliver?

No, you're right.

But, we're part of the group who didn't get

any cool powers, remember?

It'll be fine. I'll think of something.

Sheep aren't that smart, after all.

I just have to show them the way.

Okay, but how are you gonna do that?

It'll be easy. We just need to make some new rules.

Ones specifically for "This World."

Rules, huh? And nobody's gonna break 'em?

It's like soccer, ya know?

What happens when somebody commits a foul?

They get a penalty.

Yup.

Ugh. It's so boring here.

And you're the only person I have to talk to.

Well, you could try and make some new friends.

Ugh. Yeah, I guess.

I mean, maybe if I got some kind of cool super-power,

things'd be better.

You think so? Not sure I care.

Oh, yeah? That's big talk.

Not really my point.

Well. Here's my theory on the whole thing.

Huh?

I'm thinking it wasn't everything around us

that disappeared, we were the ones who vanished.

And this all feels way too real to be some weird dream.

Still doesn't really help us, though.

Hmm?

Won't change what happened.

Hey, what do you think that is?

What is?

That thing. Whatever's shining up there.

Okay?

I don't see anything.

Huh? Are you serious?

Should I be seeing it?

No.

Hmm.

-- --

-- Hmm? --

Good kitty, thank you.

We're unable to contact anyone on the outside.

I'm sure our parents and teachers

must be extremely worried.

This is a major incident, and it's very likely

the country's top news story.

"...a major incident, and it's very likely the country's

top news story."

As far as we know, the school is completely alone

in this mysterious darkness.

And, from what I can tell, we are basically adrift.

There seem to be strange forces at work.

Super powers and other unnatural phenomena.

Now, we're seeing how these powers are having an effect.

On the condition of the building itself.

Hmph.

Because those who've gained these abilities,

are frankly being very reckless with their use.

Ugh...

At some point, we anticipate that someone

will be coming to our rescue.

However, as students of this school,

we can't forget we still have responsibilities.

We cannot lose sight of the fact that we are all

in our senior year.

So, with that said, I have a proposal for you.

In order to fulfill our obligations,

we'll each have duties chosen for us.

And to make those decisions, we'll need a leader.

We will choose one from the 36 of us here.

And we will craft the rules for this world together!

Congrats, big guy! Because you're our new leader!

Are you really sure about all this?

It should be you, Machi.

I mean, you're the Student Council Prez.

No.

The student body chose you, Cap.

Right!

Think back, before the summer break,

do you remember anything out of the ordinary

happening at school?

Oh. What?

During the first term.

Weren't there some auroras and skyfish

spotted in the schoolyard?

And also, like, three billion yen was randomly found

in the lockers.

Um, that sounds kinda familiar.

Okay...

But if any of that actually happened,

then wouldn't there be--

Hey, Nagara, what are you doing?

I thought you were on the cleaning crew today.

I'm on what?

Didn't you see the Group Talk thing?

Cap sent you an invite, right?

Oh, yeah. I didn't think it concerned me.

Whoa, are you kidding me? You are in for it now.

What do you mean?

Oh, come on, man! There's a bunch of new rules.

The big one is, no super-powers while you're inside the school.

And on top of that, everybody here has a job to do now.

"New rules"?

We have a leader who's in charge of everything, too!

"Leader"?

Yeah, dude, it's Cap!

So, what's a "Group Talk"?

Really?!

She doesn't have her own smartphone.

You're killing me...

Hayato! You slacking off in there?

Ah, crap.

I gotta go, but you better start reading those messages!

Yeah, okay, sure thing.

Bye.

Why in the hell can't we use our powers?!

Because it's something we all decided.

Huh? You guys just pressured everyone to go along.

Majority rules? You're freakin' kidding!

Hey, try and cool it down.

It's obvious.

You're jealous, 'cuz you don't have a cool power, right?

-- --Huh?

What's so funny?

You're being ridiculous.

Huh?

I mean, of course you're happy.

You got this crazy new power from out of nowhere,

and before, you were just a clown.

What'd you say...?

But listen.

This power doesn't work out in the real world.

Plus, it has nothing to do with you as a person--

you didn't earn it.

It's just something you happened to pick up, right?

So before you decide to use it, you should think a little.

-- --

--Hey! --Huh?!

That was you! You broke the glass!

And what if I did?!

-- --