Yurikuma Arashi (ユリ熊嵐)

They're so beautiful when they're blooming,

don't you think?

Huh?

I think we can be together here, okay?

It's pretty private, so no one should see us.

I don't really care about that.

It's not like we're doing anything wrong, you know.

Yeah, but--

But what I do care about is being with you.

That's all I want.

Sumika, I will never back down on my love.

Oh, Kureha. I...

I won't either!

Kuma shock!

A bear! There's a bear on the loose!

No way.

A bear got over the Wall of Severance?

What do we do?

Don't worry, Sumika. I'm here.

I won't let anything happen to you.

From the beginning, we hated you,

but also, we loved you from the beginning, as well.

All we wanted was to become true friends with you.

So, we had to cross the wall.

Yurikuma!

Yurikuma Arashi!

Growl, growl!

Once upon a time, at the far reaches of space,

the minor planet Kumaria exploded.

The fragments of Kumaria that remained

became a meteor swarm that rained down upon the Earth.

That swarm made the world's bears rise up together as one!

Then, they all started attacking humans!

Like, who could've seen that coming, right?

The humans then decided to build the Wall of Severance

in an attempt to drive all the bears,

like us, away from their world.

But guess what!

Silly old man-made rules don't work on bears!

Do the math, humans! Growl!

We are bears. We can't help that!

Bears eat people.

That's kind of, like, our thing!

And so...

Everyone, starting today

you'll have some new friends.

This is Ginko Yurishiro and Lulu Yurigasaki.

Let's give them a warm welcome!

Growl!

We supposedly transferred here, but they don't know what we are

because we're disguised as humans!

Looks like nobody can tell we're bears so far.

So many girls for Lulu to pick from.

Sniff, sniff.

It's heaven! The whole room smells delicious, growl!

This is perfect!

Lulu is going to work hard so she can eat lots of girls!

You too, right, Ginko?

Oh, have you met Ginko Yurishiro, yet?

She's a bear too, of course!

She's Lulu's darling and Lulu loves her

and loves her to bits and bits and bits!

Now then, girls,

I'm sure most of you have heard the news already,

but, unfortunately, a couple of bears were sighted this morning

on the roads very close to this school.

I realize this is a shock.

We considered it unthinkable for bears

to cross the Wall of Severance and enter the human world.

The warning has since been lifted,

but you still need to be very careful.

Even inside the school, make sure you're never alone.

You should always have a friend with you.

There she is.

I've finally found her.

Yeah, I like how that girl smells.

I bet she's delicious.

Slurp.

Sumika?

-- --

Hey, Kureha?

What do you like in your lunch box?

My lunch box? Why?

Well, I like chikuwa fried in seaweed tempura.

I was just wondering what you preferred.

Let's see, I guess spaghetti, and shiokara.

Shiokara? Seriously?

Is that weird?

What?

It's just, you like what old men eat.

Old men?

Yeah.

That's not very nice.

I mean, yeah, maybe it smells a little when I open my lunch box,

but so what?

I love it.

What?

I don't care if you've got the palette of an old man.

I love you anyway.

I love you so much. And I always will.

Sumika?

Sumika!

Kureha? Hey.

Is something wrong?

No. I just, uh--

Oh no, did you not get to eat lunch?

Uh...

--No. --

Here.

Let's eat together. We can each take a half.

There's chikuwa in this roll, isn't there?

Yeah, but it's not fried in tempura.

What's so funny?

Nothing.

You know,

I think we should eat here every day from now on.

You mean it? Really?

Yeah, I wanna eat with you.

I think food tastes better

when we're together anyway.

Do you think that, too?

I do.

Grrrrrr.

Growl, growl, growl!

Lulu is practically starving right now.

Oh, she smells so yummy.

I wanna eat that girl. Growl, growl.

You are such a glutton, Ginko,

but that's okay because Lulu will always love you!

You can sink your teeth in Lulu.

Anywhere you'd like. Go on, you can even do it now.

Oh, Lulu can't believe she's saying this. Ha!

Lulu feels so vulnerable when she's around you, Ginko.

The storm chased us down.

This is only the beginning.

A warning that it'll start with what's most precious.

Invisible Storm will destroy whatever is in its path,

until we're worn away into nothing.

Kureha, I'll never back down on my love, either.

What?

You said it earlier, that you wouldn't give up on me.

Well, I won't give up on you, either.

I won't give up on love. Our love.

-- Grrrr. --Growl, growl.

Lulu's so hungry she doesn't think she can take much more!

Grrrrr.

Grow, growl. I cannot get over that delicious smell.

Growl, growl.

I still feel the same way.

I won't back down. I promise I'll protect you, Sumika.

I believe you.

I knew it.

I had a feeling you'd been caught up

in the Invisible Storm, too.

You have, haven't you, Kureha?

Mitsuko.

It's cruel to cut down flowers.

Especially when they're in full bloom.

It's the Invisible Storm.

It destroy beautiful, kind things first.

Yes, but this time what it's done has made up my mind.

I can't just sit here and keep letting these things happen!

Kureha, Sumika, let's stop the storm.

We can take a stand together!

I know I'm the class representative,

but I'm ashamed of myself

for not having taken a stand against it already.

Sumika, I'm so sorry.

Do you think you can ever forgive me?

For what? There's nothing to forgive.

Thank you for saying that.

And, you know, I think we could be the best of friends.

I bet we can stop the Invisible Storm.

As long as we're working together, why couldn't we?

But I think we should go home for the day now.

There's still that bear warning.

I say early tomorrow morning we come back here.

Then, the flowerbed can get fixed.

I don't mind helping you at all.

Oh no! Your hand.

No, it's okay. This just means I'm one of you.

And that we're friends!

Who did that?