Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her (転校先の清楚可憐な美少女が、昔男子と思って一緒に遊んだ幼馴染だった件)

You're moving?

Yeah. Really far away.

We won't be able to play anymore?

I don't know.

Haruki, we'll always be buddies!

Yeah. Even if we're apart, we're still pals, Hayato!

I'll see you later.

Yeah. I'll be waiting.

Let's have the transfer student introduce himself.

Hello, I'm Kirishima Hayato.

OH BOY, WAS I WRONG ABOUT HER

EPISODE 1 "BEGINNING WITH A SUMMER DAY"

Himeko, breakfast is almost ready.

Hayato, why didn't you wake me up?!

It's already past seven thirty!

Huh? You've got plenty of time.

Only if I run!

Wait.

This isn't like home. We live close to school now, right?

Oh, right. I forgot.

Ugh.

Maybe I'll curl my hair.

I know there's a way to do it in seconds.

You should be yourself.

Why not just tell everyone that we're from the country?

Oh, shut up. First impressions are what define a transfer student.

My entire school life is on the line.

You sure about that?

Yeah, sure am.

The view just screams "Tokyo!"

I know Haruki's somewhere in this city too, though.

I wonder how he's doing.

Hello, I'm Kirishima Hayato.

I'm from a place called Tsukinose,

where you can run into monkeys, deer, and boars on the street.

A real country bumpkin.

Now, for your seat.

The desk next to Nikaido is available.

Here.

Nikaido? That was his name, too.

If he were here, he'd probably hit on her saying, "hey, we have the same last name"

and then crash and burn.

Nice to meet you, Nikaido-san.

Nice to meet you, Kirishima-kun.

Wait. Why does this suddenly feel so familiar?

For those of you who haven't turned in your internship forms,

be sure to get them in this week. That's all for today.

Hey, Kirishima-kun.

Was that stuff you said when you introduced yourself true?

How far out in the boonies were you, anyway?

And then you just up and moved all the way here?

Yeah. We had to move because my dad got transferred all of a sudden.

Where I lived before, in the mountains, only four buses came through each day

and there was more livestock than there were people.

Honestly, I've never been around this many people.

It was always chickens and goats instead, so this is kind of new for me.

Are you for real?

Seriously?

Hilarious.

So, did you have a girlfriend back home?

No way. It was hard enough just finding people my own age.

How about friends?

I only had one. He was such a great guy.

We'd do stuff like jump from the bridge into the river together

or climb trees in the mountains that we couldn't get back down from.

Yeah, more than a friend,

he was kind of like an angry monkey or some kind of weird creature.

Huh?

Nikaido-san?

Are you okay? Are you hurt?

Oh, I'm just fine! The pencil must have been defective or something.

But what a way to talk about someone who was such a close friend.

I only say it because we were so close.

Oh, is that right?

Nikaido-san, is there—

Hey, Kirishima, I wanted to ask you something else.

Yeah, I'm still wondering about something, too.

I guess she's in a bad mood.

Is it something I did?

Well, maybe I can just ask her during lunch.

Nikaido-san, I was—

Excuse me, is Nikaido-san available?

Yes, I'm right here.

Again?

I'm impressed that you're already trying to put the moves on Nikaido-san, new kid.

I can understand how you feel.

No, I just... and you are?

I'm Mori. Mori Iori. Nice to meet you, new kid.

Kirishima, I mean.

You can chase after Nikaido if you want,

but she's a real prize, man.

On top of her looks, she's really sweet and also a good student.

Not to mention that the sports teams are always fighting over her.

I bet right now she's being begged to do something for the student council.

All the guys were after her in middle school too,

but I've never heard of her falling for anyone.

You'd better not get your hopes up, Kirishima.

Smirk!

I wasn't even thinking of...

But I get it. She must be something.

She's totally different from my Nikaido, anyway.

I mean, it goes without saying that they're the opposite gender.

But after hearing all that, I'm even more confused than before.

Why is she giving off such bad vibes toward me?

Who knows?

Here you go. One bun.

Ugh.

Well, at least I was able to buy something.

Oh, crap! They're gonna run out!

But I should probably start bringing a box lunch.

I want to enjoy my lunch in peace.

Maybe I can find some place away from everyone.

Well, this won't work.

Hmm, it isn't really bearing fruit.

Does it need better soil? Or maybe it...

Isn't that zucchini?

Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.

But those yellow flowers must be zucchini, right?

And those purple flowers are eggplant,

and the white ones are shishito peppers.

I see you've got some corn too.

Huh? Uh, yes. You're absolutely right.

Are they pollinated?

Zucchini won't grow very big if you don't pollinate the female flower.

You should also trim the extra flowers from the eggplant

and prune the shishito a bit.

Then they'll grow a lot better.

Wow, y-you sure know a lot.

I helped out on the fields a bunch back in the country.

Is this for a gardening club or something?

Y-Yes, the gardening club.

But is our garden really that strange?

No, it looks all right to me.

They say that tomatoes were originally grown as decoration anyway,

and I actually like flowering vegetables.

What do you think you're doing?

Oh, Nikaido-san!

Mitake-san, the fertilizer you requested was delivered to the club building.

Oh, good! I'll go get it right now.

Thank you very much!

Hitting on girls your first day here? You've got some nerve.

So is that the kind of girl you're into, Kirishima-kun?

No, I wasn't...

I wasn't hitting on her. She just reminded me of someone.

Oh yeah? Who?

Uh...

The sheep at Uncle Gen's place.

The ones he raised to eat the weeds

but then lost his temper at after they started eating all the vegetables instead?

Right, right.

When I saw that head of shaggy hair lounging around all those vegetables,

it immediately reminded me of...

Man, talking to her because she reminded you of Gen-san's sheep?

You're such a jerk, Hayato.

Ouch!

Would you take it easy, Haru...ki?

Oh, there you are, Nikaido-san!

Can I borrow you for a minute?

Sure. How can I help?

Shh!

What?

Is she Haruki?

Hey, I got one! I got a bite too, Hayato!

Yeah, yeah. You don't have to hit me!

Is Nikaido-san actually Haruki?

Or just a little kid?

Hey, Kirishima. Wanna go to Karaoke?

Yeah, yeah. We'll call it your welcome party and treat you.

Well, I don't really...

Great, then. Let's go!

You can't!

Huh?

Nikaido-san?

Um, well, it's just...

He can't go today.

He asked me to give him a tour of campus after class.

Isn't that right, Kirishima-kun?

Oh well, another time then.

I sure wish I could get Nikaido-san to show me around sometime!

Wait. Nikaido-san?

Hey, where are you taking me?

Just come on!

I don't know where we're going,

but pick up the pace!

No kidding.

Jeez, man.

You haven't changed a bit!

NIKAIDO

What's wrong, Hayato?

Nothing at all... Pardon the intrusion.

Make yourself at home.

I'm the only one here anyway, so you can relax.

Seriously?

Sit anywhere you want.

Here!

Whoa.