Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games

High-School Dorm Monitor

4th Floor Leader

Tamaki Ichinose

How do you do, fourth floor?

High-School Dorm Monitor

Student Mentor

Yu Inui

We will now conduct the evening roll call.

Please go ahead.

I couldn't hear you very well.

We will now conduct the evening roll call.

Please go ahead.

Yes, that will do.

Reizei-san.

Present.

Man, I get so tense during roll call, I forget to breathe.

It wasn't quite as strict in junior high.

I hear they also do surprise inspections in the high-school dorms.

Huh.

The White Lily's in her loungewear.

She looks just as lovely with her hair tied.

Why's she on the fourth floor?

Mio!

They're on a first-name basis?

I want to game.

I think I might die if I don't get to play a match soon.

Sounds like withdrawal symptoms.

Rules, patrols... What's wrong with those heinous villains they call dorm monitors?

Aren't the dorm monitors the good guys here?

We don't get to play outside on weekdays, and there's not enough space inside.

We'll just have to sit tight until the weekend and—

She's crying for real.

Seriously? Who turns on the waterworks just 'cause things aren't going her way?

I know you did it the other day, but still...

I think I got kind of desperate that time.

It was my big chance to have my first ever local match.

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*Local: An offline match. Played in person and not over a network.

Her "first ever"?

Anyway, don't you think it's ridiculous?

Against all odds, I meet a crazy girl who's into fighting games,

yet I can't play against her?

It's a waste of my life.

You know, Mio...

Honestly...

I get it.

YOUNG LADIES DON'T PLAY FIGHTING GAMES

Is there any place on this campus where we can play without being seen?

Shall we set out to explore the dorm after we've dined and bathed?

Shall we set out to explore the dorm after we've dined and bathed?

Would you please stop using such difficult words?

Would you please stop using such difficult words?

Would you please stop using such difficult words?

Which word?

Which word?

Which word?

Found one.

It was right under my nose the whole time.

I mean, an empty room with a broken lock right here on the fourth floor?

This hallway sure is threatening. Threatening me with expulsion.

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This zone

"I was just going to the bathroom" will only fly in this zone.

Any farther, and I'm in trouble.

Kuromi Girls' Dorm: No Noise After 8PM Lights Out: 10PM Rise: 6AM No Exceptions

Sorry, Mio.

I just can't—

Looking for "sparkles" like I felt back then

had become my only goal in life.

And when I met you, I found them.

Right then, I was thinking the exact same thing you were.

Following the rules in this situation would be wasting my life.

I mean...

I can't wait...

to game with you, either.

Come on. Let's fight.

That's no good.

First-years shouldn't be walking around at night.

A dorm monitor!

So...

Do you like fighting games?

Yes, we, uh, play a little SF6.

Wow! Really?

U-Um, Yu Inui-senpai...

Yes?

Do you, uh, play SF6, too?

Yup.

Like hell you do!

Huh?

A proper young lady who goes to Kuromi doesn't play fighting games!

Wow, yikes. What's this girl's problem?

Aya-san, don't be cringe. Calm down. No cringe.

Well, you might have a point for a lot of girls here, but I've got brothers.

Back when SF4 was big, my little bros bugged me to play with them every day,

and I got more into it than they did.

And now you play SF6? In this dorm?

There are ways to get away with it.

The simplest one is by becoming a dorm monitor.

Of course.

Dorm monitors get single rooms, and since they enforce the rules—

You there.

What are you doing here?

Another dorm monitor?

The fourth-floor leader...

Tamaki Ichinose-senpai.

Hiya, Tamaki-san.

Inui-san?

You're with them, too?

What exactly are you all up to?

Of course! Inui-senpai can smooth things over for us...

Oh, I spotted some first-years in an empty room,

and I figured I'd better report it, so I was just grilling them.

You bitch. You figured you'd be in trouble if you covered for us,

so you threw us to the wolves!

I see.

So you snuck into an empty room to play video games after lights out?

Your misconduct breaks multiple rules and debases the Kuromi dorms.

You should be ashamed.

If you have anything to say for yourselves, I'll hear you out.

But your guilt seems clear.

I will inform you of your punishment in due course.

Think about what you've done while you wait.

I can't put my finger on it, but something...

Something feels off here.

You asked us if we were trying to play video games. Isn't that right?

And after only a glance at this.

Your point being?

You can't fool me, Senpai.

No normal Kuromi girl would look at an arcade stick, this weirdly heavy box,

and know right away that it was a game controller.

Which means you've been using your monitor privileges to game in secret.

You're a fighting game player, just like us!

Is that all...

you have to say?

You're free to invent whatever stories you like.

But casting suspicion on me to escape punishment when you should be contrite?

Suspension.

At a minimum. I suggest you prepare for the worst.

She has a point.

I don't have any hard evidence that she's gaming in the dorms.

I think that's enough for tonight.

Is this checkmate?

Let's play.

W-Were you listening?

I was.

You piled on the pressure to sweep it under the rug,

but I thought, "Oh, right. So she's into fighting games, too."

So let's play.

Is she a bot that begs for matches?

This is great. You're both so messed up.

Sorry, Tamaki-san.

This just got fun, so I'm siding with them.

Inui-san?

Anyway, I already knew that you play fighting games.

My room's next to yours, remember?

If I listen real hard after lights out,

I can hear you hitting buttons on an arcade stick.

Fine, then.

Have it your way. How about this?

First to three. If I win, you didn't see anything tonight.

How exactly is that "my way"?

Keep your nonsense to yourself.

I'm leaving.

Running away, huh?

Excuse me?

In that case, if you lose, you both get expelled.

Will you play on those terms?

Of course.

Th-The White Lily is smiling.

How pure. How innocent.

What unabashed beauty.

Good game.

She sucks.

Sucks

Hey.

You two.

You need...

to teach me SF6!