The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses (好きな子がめがねを忘れた)

Are you watching those animal challenge videos?

Huh? They challenge animals or something?

Man...

Good on you for keeping up with club meets, though.

Morning!

Hey. Look what I bought!

The limited-edition one.

I'll be there in five minutes.

Morning!

I have a crush on a girl.

I have a crush on a girl.

That girl...

That girl...

Is always on my mind.

I'm always thinking about her.

Mie-san.

I'm...

I'm...

Morning!

I'm...

Oh, sorry!

It's okay.

Morning!

Morning!

Oops, I forgot something!

Morning.

Morning.

Morning.

Gotta work hard at the club meet today.

Yeah, we should.

The boss is crazy.

I know.

I barely won.

Right?

It's just so witty.

It's the timing.

Isn't my cute cat? So cute!

I'm in love with her.

In 1333,

Nitta Yoshitada led his army of over 200,000 in an attack on the shogunate's base in Kamakura.

Hojo Takatoki, the de facto head of the shogunate at the time,

took his family to their family temple of Toshoji, committing suicide by setting fire to the building.

The Girl I Like her Glasses

The Girl I Like Forgot her Glasses

It's said that this was what ended the Kamakura shogunate's 150 years of rule.

Later that year...

Episode 1

The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses

Early modern period, Azuchi-Momoyama Period to Edo Period

Mie-san sits next to me.

We just had a seating change three days ago.

That's how long we've known each other.

She's always spaced out.

Every time she opens her mouth, she says something out of whack.

Wouldn't it be cuter if we started calling mechanical pencils "pupens" instead?

But it's this weird girl, Mie-san...

that I've fallen in love with.

Even if it has to be through those thick lenses...

I want her to look at me

with her beautiful eyes.

Why isn't she wearing her glasses?

Wait, actually...

this isn't bad, either.

She's cute!

That's Mie-san, right?

She looks so grouchy.

Still so cute, though.

Morning.

M-Morning.

I want to ask why she doesn't have her glasses,

but I haven't talked to her properly yet...

I'm so nervous, I don't think I could hold a conversation with her.

Um...

Huh?

Err, yes?

I know I probably look angry, but don't mind me.

I'm just squinting because I can't see.

Eh?

I forgot my glasses today.

I'm finally talking to her!

Y-You forgot?

Y-Yeah.

So I can't really see.

She came to school without her glasses when she couldn't really see?

Wouldn't you notice before you leave home?

I guess that can happen sometimes.

I hadn't forgotten them once so far this month...

So it happens often?

A-Anyway, Mie-san is in trouble.

I wish I could help, but...

But I don't know if that's up to me...

No, now's not the time to be thinking that.

I'm gonna support Mie-san today.

As her neighbor!

Hey...

Err...

Which one of these is the history textbook for first term?

I can't tell them apart.

Oh, I see.

So the history book...

I'll help you find it.

Can I see your bag?

S...

So close!

W-Wanna use mine?

Japanese History

My textbook.

Y-Y-Yikes!

I have to maintain a proper distance.

Here we go.

Thanks.

What's wrong?

Let's read it together.

No, I'm good.

You can go ahead and use it yourself.

Why?

Why?

On hot summer days,

one would see people spraying water onto the street to cool off pedestrians.

So close...

So close...

Get a grip, me!

I'm supporting Mie-san, aren't I?

What am I doing, getting so nervous just because she's this close?

Wh-Wh-What's wrong?

I can't see too well.

Wait, I guess you're gonna have a hard time seeing the textbook now.

D-Don't mind me.

Don't mind me!

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Really, I'm all right.

You can go ahead and use it yourself.

I don't really use the textbook anyway.

You don't?

Okay, then.

Sorry.

No, it's fine. Honestly.

Too close!

Maybe she's lost her sense of distance without her glasses.

O-Or maybe she doesn't really care about that kind of thing.

Either way, it's bad for my heart.

Too close!

I'm going to make this textbook my family treasure.

It kinda scared me how close we've gotten so quickly, literally.

But I feel like I've gotten a little closer to her figuratively, too.

Forgetting her glasses isn't really anything special to her.

She might not remember much about me, either.

But as long as we can get closer little by little, I'm happy.

By the way, who are you?

I can't quite see.

K...Komura.

Oh.

Komura-kun?

He sits next to me.

Right.

Okay, well, thanks again, Komura-kun.

I guess we should go home to get changed first.

Yeah.

And then gather at the station?

It's a solid center.

Right?

I never could have expected that.

Thanks to that, I didn't hear a word the teacher said.

Mie-san's eyes...

Were so pretty.

No, I should forget about that for now.

Or I'm never going to get over this lightheadedness...

It's Mie-san.

I wonder what's wrong.

Mie-san.

Is something wrong?

Who are you?

K-Komura.

Komu...

Oh, no...

You know, the one sitting next to you?

The one you got your face really close to.

Embarrassed just thinking about it

Oh, Komura-kun?

Thank goodness, you recognized me.

So, what's wrong?

Is everything all right?

Yeah, actually, my shoes...

They're so big.

I never knew she wears the same ones I do.

A-Are you sure those aren't my shoes?

Wha?

A few minutes ago...

Mie-chan, are you sure you don't want us to help you get home?

Are you sure you'll know which shoe cubby is yours?

I'll be fine.

Just go to your club meets.

Err...

I use that shoe cubby all the time.

I know which one it is.

Wait...

These aren't my shoes.