Hand Maid May

"Ochanomizu Industrial University Student ID"

Good morning, Ikariya.

Goo-- Goo-- G-G-G-G-oo-d...

GOOD... morn-ING!

Project Squid-Bot isn't going exactly as planned, is it?

Could you call it Project Doraemon, please?

And its name is Ikariya, not "Squid-Bot."

Not that it makes a difference, but still...

Oh, cheer up! Cheer up!

You've only had 38 failures so far, right?

It's only 37, okay?!

Kazuya, Doraemon's all well and good...

...but isn't it time you made Shizuka-chan?

R-Right...

I know! The most efficient plan is to make me Shizuka-chan.

Oh... Would you pay attention?!

Oh! Sorry! Um, what did you say?

Um, well... The most efficient plan is, uh...

Rent! That's right.

Kasumi House keeps running thanks to everyone's rent money.

It needs regular payments, you know.

Believe me, I know.

- And also... - What, there's more?

Your neighbor, Shikishima.

He hasn't paid his rent in about 6 months now.

"SHIKISHIMA"

If you see him, let me know. See you.

Oh, yeah!

Whoa, whoa! What's with you, Ikariya?!

Why do you always do that?!

Kazuya, if you don't forget your squid and get to school...

...your Introductory Photonics exam will start without you.

"Introductory Photonics Final Exam Begins 7 /26 at 1 0:00 AM"

"EXAM OVER!"

C'mon, don't let it get you down.

Cheer up, Saotome. It's just one exam.

Exactly! It's almost summer vacation.

What are you doing, Saotome? Going home?

Home... WHERE IS KAZUYA SAOTOME?!

WHERE IS KAZUYA SAOTOME?!

Where is that idiot who broke the holy dignity of the exam...

...and whose snoring interfered with the exam of I...

...the great Kotaro Nanbara, KAZUYA SAOTOME???!!!!

Uh-oh!

It's Nanbara!

Over here, Nanbara.

Shut up...!

Oh... There you are.

At...the...donut's...center...

...you find a HOLE!

So, here you are, Saotome.

My snoring blew your concentration during the exam?

I'm really sorry about that.

Just what are you talking about...

...my dearest friend?!

Haven't we been best friends for the last 19 years?

Why, when I think back, back in kindergarten...

...I, with my riches, assembled an original super deluxe...

...super-alloy robot to impress everyone with...

...while you, the poor kid, put together...

...a crappy-looking robot out of old tin cans.

But, for some reason... Some bizarre reason...

...your junk-pile robot was the more popular one!

Expensive plastic model built for Nanbara

Kazuya's paper craft

In elementary school, too! AND in middle school!

Expensive R/C racer built for Nanbara

Toy R/C Car

AND in high school!

Game made by Kazuya

Game Nanbara had made for him

Was that really how it was?

Don't you realize how annoying...

...that absent-mindedness of yours is?!

Did you say something?

Oh, no! Nothing important.

By the way...

...I hear you're working hard on Project Doraemon.

Any luck on it?

Well, it hasn't been very successful so far.

Really? Really?

Nothing but failures, day after day, huh?

Tough luck, old man. Tough luck.

Dearest friend, don't worry! I'm here for you, am I not?

"KASUMI HOUSE"

"SHIKISHIMA"

I'm...home.

We-l-co-me ho-me, Ka-zu-ya.

Oh, that's right.

Nanbara Special Deluxe, huh? I wonder what's on it?

I'm so glad you asked!

What's on that disc will make your life come up roses!

Yes! Your PC's performance...

Chance! Romance! Clearance!

Without paying anything, you can upgrade them all!

Recorded on it is an access password to a secret web site...

...made just for a poor guy like you!

Wow... A secret site? Can I really have this?

Of course! Feel free, O dearest friend of mine!

Thank you, Nanbara.

Well, let's give it a try.

"Accessing"

"Nanbara's Room"

Welcome to Nanbara's Room

By now, the Nanbara virus in that program has infected Saotome's PC.

Oh...! Disaster! Calamity! His ultimate comeuppance! I hope...

To enter the Nice Science Chance secret site...

...please click on the address indicated.

Go on! Click-click! Click-click! Click-click!

I will speak the password to you. It must be entered EXACTLY!

Otherwise very bad things will happen to you!

The topic is "Emperor Nanbara's Rapid Hits!"

Hit them all if you can! Can you do it?

Here we go...

Three...

Two...

One...

Zero!

...is what I'll say, and then we'll start.

Scare you? Anyway, here we go for real. Three...

...twoonezero! Number one! I have more money than anyone!

- Agh! No fair! No fair! - My name is Kotaro Nanbara!

I live to exterminate Kazuya Saotome...

...the cause of my misfortune!

The great Nanbara is just nice little Kotaro!

A rich nice guy!

Kazuya Saotome doesn't have any money!

From here to eternity, he'll always be poor!

Nanbara is the greatest! Saotome is a disgrace!

Nanbara is distinguished! Saotome will be extinguished!

I am big! I am the king! I am rich!

Big! Hot! Successful!

How much longer? How much longer?

Since I was born, my dream has been...

...to head a huge company that runs the world!

But the shallow dream of my rival Saotome has been--

...to build Doraemon!

Oh, no...

So long, sucker!

What the...?

...has been to head a huge company that runs the world!

But the shallow dream of my rival Saotome has been--

To build Doraemon! To build Doraemon!

Build! Build! Build! Build!

What the hell...?

Don't watch TV dressed like that.

Ri-i-i-ight!

"KASUMI'S ROOM"

I guess this is failure number 38.

That's it! Now suffer, Saotome!

But what's with that ladder up there?

I have to know! Alien mind control rays drive me to look!

Damn you, Saotome! This is all your fault!

To build Doraemon! To build Doraemon!

It's no use! I can't stop it!

It finally stopped.

Coming!

The delivery you ordered, sir. Please take it.

Oh, sure...

Your name stamp, please?

Hm? Oh, right.

The stamp, the stamp... Here--

That's strange... Excuse me, I have my stamp, so...

"To: Kazuya Saotome, 1-28-8 Momijidori Momijiyama City, Kanagawa From: The Cyberdyne Corporation"

Who was that? Newspaper bill collection?

Or maybe a surprise visit from a girlfriend to break up with you?

It was just a delivery.

Well, that was my first guess.

Um, Kasumi? Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Oh. I'm glad you're okay...

Shikishima's back!

Shikishima? Your rent's six months overdue!

I'm coming over to get it, so don't move from there, okay?

Uh, Kasumi? Just go out into the hallway.

I can't go dressed like this. I'll come back after I change.