The Wallflower (ヤマトナデシコ七変化)

Good evening, everyone. I'm the manager of the boarding house.

Self-appointed, though.

My cousin Sunako-chan...

Dazzling!

...is a shut-in who doesn't like dazzling things.

If they can make Sunako-chan into a lady...

...Mama told them they'd get free rent. So, they're all working hard.

You're a nuisance.

"Friend"... doesn't mean much, does it?

I'd like to stay friends.

An invitation to a reunion has come for Sunako-chan!

Will she meet the boy who called her ugly?

What will you do, Kyohei?

I exorcise you! I purify this place!

I exorcise you! I purify this place!

What is she doing?

Exorcising demons?

That's scary, Sunako-chan.

I exorcise you! I purify this place!

I hate ugly girls.

I...

...hate ugly girls.

I hate ugly girls.

Evil spirits begone!

Sunako-chan, calm down!

You poor thing. Come rest in my arms...

Don't try and take advantage of things.

Are you trying to kill me?

Stop it.

Hey. There isn't anything here.

Huh?

Evil spirits begone!

I see. That's the situation right now?

Ouch.

So, going to the reunion would be impossible.

Wait, why are you still there?

Weren't you going to come back after we finished fighting?

Well, Mama said she wanted to be with me.

- What? Wasn't it you who said that, Takeru? - No, it was you...

Aren't things so peaceful over there.

Even though things are like a haunted house around here.

Even though she was finally becoming a little more ladylike, she regressed again.

She tried really hard to get us to stop fighting.

Is this the time to be stubborn?

Don't you really want to be together?

Horror-stuff suits her better than being a lady.

Don't joke around.

You guys haven't forgotten about turning Sunako-chan into a lady, have you?

I can't do anything about that in these circumstances...

It's even more important because of this situation.

If you don't make her a lady, I'm rescinding your free rent.

I'll make you pay every penny back!

Do your best!

Just what is a lady, anyway?

I exorcise you!

I purify this place...

S-Sunako-chan, you have a guest.

She said she was a high school classmate of yours.

- This is how she is right now. - Sunako-chan!

Suna-chan...

So, you're the person organizing the reunion?

Yes.

You're cute, Honey. What's your name?

Stop that.

I'm Shibata Suzu.

Suzu-chan.

She really is angry, isn't she? Suna-chan.

Angry?

Um... The reason Suna-chan became a shut-in...

W-we know.

Someone called her "ugly," right?

Have some tact!

After that, Suna-chan got a little scary...

She'd laugh while she looked at preserved specimens in the science lab...

Draw creepy self portraits of herself during Art...

That is scary.

That was the beginning of her horror obsession...

Suna-chan and I were actually pretty close, but...

But... eventually she even quit talking to me.

Suna-chan ended up alone.

And then she stopped coming to school.

So, she was being bullied?

I'm sorry. Everyone wants to apologize to Suna-chan.

So, that's why I really want her to attend the reunion.

So that's how it was...

Huh? But, she attended high school in Hokkaido, right?

Why are you having it in Tokyo?

Between college and work, lots of people are here in Tokyo.

When I suggested a get-together at the hotel I work at...

...we decided to have a reunion, even if it's just the people who are in Tokyo.

Please.

Even Murata-kun...

The boy who said that horrible thing to Suna-chan, says he wants to apologize.

Really?

That's the boy who was her first love, right?

That's why I'd like you all to encourage her to go to the reunion.

Please.

They want to apologize?

Apparently. What are you gonna do?

She said all your friends regret it.

Now you know how everyone feels, it's not scary, right?

It's not that simple...

Then call her. You know...

Yukime.

Yuki-chan's a classmate from elementary school.

I see.

I actually...

Huh?

I also want have something I want to say to Suzu-chan and the rest...

What?

What is it? You're such a pain...

I don't know what you're talking about, but...

...if you have something to say to them, then go.

What? Are you...

...with him?

What?

You still like him? That...

That guy, Murata.

I don't...

...think so.

But, if I saw him again...

I might kill him with a curse...

That's really scary.

Anyway, just go get whatever it is off your chest.

- I can't. - Are you running away again?

Are you going to hide whenever something like this comes up for the rest of your life?

Do you intend to live your whole life in this room?

Refill my water.

How many times have I told you? Don't come to a cafe if you have no money.

Yeah, yeah. I'm just in the way, aren't I?

What're you pouting about?

I told her not to run away, like I was better than her...

As if I'm not running away from my home town...

Thinking about it as "running away" makes it into a big deal.

Just think of it as getting a little lost.

Lost?

Yes. Life is full of times when you get lost.

If you're lost, rest a bit. When you feel better again, you can start moving forward.

So, how am I supposed to feel better again?

You... need to think of that for yourself.

I can't use that.

What do you mean, you can't use it?

- Wanna fight? - Yeah? C'mon.

C'mon.

Are you running away again?

Are you going to hide whenever something like this comes up for the rest of your life?

Do you intend to live your whole life in this room?

I'm hungry...

Is Sunako-chan okay?

Tomorrow? Of course...

I'm free just for you. I'll see you tomorrow night at 9.

You promised to meet a lot of girls in one day again...

Um...

Are you a snake?

I-I-I-I...

What?

I'll go. I'll go to the reunion.

Seriously?

I'll go talk to everyone.

The guy who said that awful thing to you will be there too, Sunako-chan. Will you be okay?

Yes. Yes!

That's amazing, Sunako-chan!

Then, from now on...

...it's my turn to shine?

What is this?

At reunions, women stage battles of beauty. Sunako-chan, pick any gown you like.

Are they all your girlfriends, Ranmaru?

I mean, they're all too flashy.

I'll make you the most beautiful...

...Yamato Nadeshiko at the reunion. No, in the universe.

No, I don't...

Wait a sec.

Clothes don't matter.

Who cares what she looks like?

She should just go, head held high, in her cape.

No way. If she wears that, they'll just start picking on her again.

Let them say what they want. Right?

Thank you, Honeys. I'll call you later.

Kyohei, what are you mad about?

I'm not mad about anything.

Sunako-chan is going to see people who treated her badly again.

Don't you want her to be pretty, so they regret it?

That's not the right reason to go, is it?

I only told her to go because she said she had something to say to them.

That's fine. But if appearances don't matter, then what's wrong with her looking nice when she goes?

That's what you said when you cut your hair, isn't it?

Why are getting so hung up about that? That makes it doubly weird.

Perhaps it's because of her first love?

Huh?

He doesn't like the idea that something could happen with her first love if she's beautiful, right?

That's not it.

Then what is it?

Geez, you're so annoying. I can't explain.

If she becomes a beautiful lady, Obachan will be satisfied...

...and you won't have to pay rent anymore.

I'll just pay my rent, then.

Kyohei!

I'm not gonna go along with it.

If that's why she's going then it defeats the purpose.

- Stand here. - Yes, sir.