Tanaka-kun is Always Listless

Cultural Festival Haunted House

Regarding our attraction for the cultural festival,

as a result of the festival committee meeting,

our class, 1-F, will be doing the haunted house as we requested.

All right!

All the classes wanted the haunted house!

We would like to assign tasks now,

so please write your name on the board if you see one you want.

Which one do you want?

What do you wanna do, Kicchan?

The cultural festival is a school event that gets everyone especially excited.

There'll be lots of food stands, too.

I'm already excited. Aren't you, Tanaka?

He's erasing all traces of his presence!

The cultural festival...

A time when the entire school is enveloped

in mysterious, youthful energy, from preparation to the actual event.

The one ranked #1 on the list of school events

that I don't want to participate in, right?

So that's what a cultural festival means to you?

Yeah.

That's why, to avoid having to do any troublesome work,

I've been training hard to hide my presence,

for the past two weeks.

Two weeks?

You're very dedicated.

If people with motivation take on all the work,

there shouldn't be anything for me to do.

Tanaka-kun, Ohta-kun.

Ghosts

Chihara Endou Yamane

The only roles left are for ghosts,

so we'll leave those to you, okay?

Sorry! Everyone's so excited, all the other tasks filled up right away.

We got the starring role.

Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless

Episode 11

Tanaka-kun's Cultural Festival

Okay, we're gonna dedicate all we've got to scaring people!

Yeah!

I'll do my best to make scary ghost props!

We're counting on you.

Katou and Shimura, construction must be tough,

but good luck.

You can count on us.

The layout for the haunted house is done, so let's have a meeting.

Okay.

I wanna go home...

Me playing the role of ghost...

I'm not too confident in my acting skills.

I hope it works out.

You'll be fine!

Don't be so tense. Let's just have fun!

He's right, Ohta-kun!

You'll be fine!

Oh, right...

You think so?

This is exactly when I should make use of my training,

Why are you so worried?

Ohta! We need you to be strong!

and fade out.

But...

Look at Tanaka!

He has no presence at all, just like a real ghost!

Amazing, Tanaka!

You've already practiced for this?!

Just what I'd expect from Master!

You're our hope, seriously!

What do I do now, Ohta?

My training has backfired on me...

At this point, you might as well just dive in.

As long as you belong to a class, you have to take on some kind of work.

Besides, take a look, Tanaka.

I brought all the black curtains I could find!

We don't have enough paint. Can someone go buy more?

Yeah. I've already asked the teacher about that, so we're fine.

Playing a ghost might be easier than the other jobs.

Now that you mention it...

I see...

Now that I know I got the easiest task,

I'm beginning to think I might be able to sort of try my best.

Can't you just say you'll try your best?

It might be good to end up having an actual out-of-body experience

so only my spirit has to participate.

My body could relax at home, and it'd be perfect for the haunted house.

Ohta...

Uh, just do the best you can in your living body, okay?

Tanaka, you're good at hiding your presence,

so you can jump out suddenly to scare people.

Okay.

Let's try a simulation.

It'll look something like this... Tanaka, you stand there.

Whoa, this is scary...

Tanaka, he's here! The customer is here!

You're here already? That surprised me...

Welcome.

He's the one who's surprised, and he gave me a warm welcome...

Um...

Urashimaya?

Wrong line! I'm not Urashima Taro at Ryugu-jo!

He can't do anything other than hide his presence.

How about a ghost inside a well?

When a customer walks by, the lighting crew can put a spotlight on him.

He can just sit there.

Well (temporary)

It looks good.

This will be your post, Master!

What's wrong, Ohta?

I'm concerned.

If we use this setup, I'm afraid...

It'll be fine. You're such a worrywart, Ohta.

Okay, I'll turn on the spotlight!

...Tanaka will fall asleep.

What the?!

Whoa, that was fast!

He's got darkness, close quarters, and no one else around.

It's the perfect sleeping spot for him.

We have no choice.

Eyelid eyes!

Now Tanaka can do his job even while he's asleep.

This might make people laugh after the surprise wears off, though.

This is the first thing they'll see when they walk in,

so something that's just typically scary might be better.

Huh? Sorry.

Did I fall asleep?

What the heck? That's really scary!

Nice, Tanaka!

Next, we'll use this.

Hands popping out from an old shoji door!

That sounds fun! I wanna try!

It surprises you even when you know it's coming.

This is something even I can do.

How's this?

Uh...

Yeah...

Your default setting is too high.

Huh?

Unfortunately, your hands are outside the average person's field of vision.

You're so tall...

No good, huh?

Tanaka-kun!

I borrowed this costume from the drama club. Can you try it on?

Okay...

There.

Oh, good. The size looks okay.

Since you're a ghost, should it be right-over-left instead,

to indicate you're wearing a burial kimono?

You know, to make it look real.

I see...

Like this?

He just naturally, so naturally, exposed his bare body!

It's okay! He was wearing underwear!

He was wearing underwear!

Is this right?

Uh... Yeah...

I ended up being left with the most important part, the grand finale.

Can I handle it?

Wow, that's amazing.

You look very imposing, so you'll do fine.

Yo.

Echizen...

I heard 1-F is doing a haunted house.

Are you guys playing the ghosts?

You're both more into this than you look.

Essan! Did you finish the sign?

Yeah, it's drying right now! I'll bring it later!

Got it!

I'm glad...

Echizen-san, you have friends other than Miyano-san.

Yeah. I thought you were the lone wolf in your class.

S-Stop that!

Don't look at me like I'm your kid or something!

Heave!

Ho!

Heave!

Ho!

Whew...

All right!

It's done!

It looks just like the real deal!

Great work, Katou-kun and Shimura-kun.

Oh, don't mention it.

To me, this is nothing.

It's all thanks to everyone's hard work!

Room of Terror

Let's bring some people in for a rehearsal!

Ghost crew, please stand by!

A bath...

A bath.

Looks like nothing but a bath.

It's pretty comfortable.

N-No problems here...