Hatsukoi Monster (First Love Monster)

N-Not there!

Look, Kaho—look how hard this is here.

Wh-What are they doing in there? I mean, what are they doing in there?

And what are you doing, hmm?

Yikes! Um, well, I...

Feel good, Kaho?

How about here? How's this feel?

Hey, Chiaki—

Coming in!

What's going on?

A massage!

Huh?

Kaho looked tired. Mom did this for me a lot.

Too bad, Shinohara.

It was much more wholesome than whatever you were picturing outside.

Thanks, Kanade.

Kaho, you're still tired.

Huh?

That means...

...it's time for my ultimate weapon!

To the super bath house!

So this is a super bath house?

I bet Kanade looks great in swim trunks, too.

Oh, cut it out!

Men and women bathe together?!

First time, huh, Kaho?

Oh—yeah!

Kaho!

Kanade's really going all-out—in more ways than one.

Kaho, Kaho—what bath should we try first?

Hold it!

Kanade, take off the goggles. No swimming here!

Aw!

And have you primary-school kids gone to the bathroom?

If you haven't, go now! Kids have to go before a bath!

Hmm.

Your telling us that has made me need to go.

Ha ha! Poop! Poop! Pooper-man!

Primary-school boys sure do like poop, huh.

Huh?!

I'm not a little kid, so I don't like poop.

And I would never mistake poop for chocolate!

Kanade... no one would say that unless it had happened.

Kanade.

Quit spouting nonsense, Kanade. To the restroom.

Aw!

Enough! We're all going!

'Kaaay.

Uh, Miss Nikaidou, sorry to tag along...

Huh?

I-I mean, barging in on your date and all...

Oh, right... this is a date, isn't it?

Huh?

You are such a masochist.

Kanade...

This really holds the boys in place!

Nice!

I've been taking these huge steps, and my w**ner hasn't budged!

Those are some powerful trunks!

What if I did a cartwheel?

Ah!

Nothing.

Whoa!

A-hup!

It's staying put!

My w**ner's not moving!

Wow! They have so many different baths!

Indeed. You see why a primary-schooler would like it.

What's keeping Kanade and the others?

They're probably playing some dumb game.

I'll go check.

Since we're here and all, I'd like to be with Kanade.

Bare butt.

Bare buttocks.

Bare behind!

Butt plus butt makes double-butt buds!

Ow! Don't do it for real!

Where could Kanade be?

Huh? Kanade?

Didn't yer folks tell ya it's dangerous to be runnin' like that?

Oh, I'm sorry—thanks for helping me.

What's yer name, miss?

Huh? Oh, it's Nikaidou Kaho—

I'm in love!

Wh-What?!

'S like a jolt of electricity! This is fate!

Wait wait wait!

Hey! Who are you?

Kanade!

You got a lot of nerve messing with my girlfriend!

Kanade!

You!

So? You gonna bring it?

I'm not!

There comes a time when a man must fight.

Hey, I thought I recognized that voice. If it ain't Kanade!

'S me! Me! Didja forget?

It's the Naniwa Speed Coaster: Takahashi Jouji!

Bro!

What does he mean, "Bro"?!

Been a year, huh? What's goin' on?

Ya got way too big there, kid!

I'm having a growth spurt!

Are ya, now!

He's a tad bigger than any growth spurt could explain away...

Karma. Reincarnation. Long-lost brothers, reunited at last!

Guided by the cosmos!

Hey, Kanade!

I've known you since kindergarten,

but this is the first I've heard of any brother.

Just who is this "Bro" fellow?

Who, me?

What? So he isn't his big brother after all?

So who is this guy, with his Osaka drawl?

I'm his cousin—Kanade's cousin, Takahashi Jouji.

Ta-da!

Just call me Jouji, the Naniwa Speed Coaster!

I'm Tomu!

Gin!

Kaho-yan!

Uh, yeah?

Wh-What the—?! I've never been called that before!

Kanade's a good guy, but he's a kid! In fifth grade!

Why're ya datin' him?

Huh?!

Huh?

Date me instead.

U-Um, but—

I'm more grown-up!

I-I love him is why. I love Kanade!

Aw, who cares 'bout that?

Er, how old are you, Jouji?

Eh?

Sixth grade!

I figured as much.

And... it says so right there.

Oh, there's Kanade!

Are there more of them now?

I told you, Bro—

Kaho's my girlfriend!

One woman, two men.

Y'know what that means.

What?

Who?

Where?

Why me?

We battle!

Whaaat?!

You ready, Bro?

Ready!

Whoever gets the swimcap wins!

Arashi, this has nothing to do with us!

Why are we the horses?

I didn't think we'd have any say in the matter.

Okay, here goes!

What'll I do?

Leave them alone.

Where'd Kazu get that elegant setup?

Makurazaki, offer the ladies tea, too.

Yes, sir.

So he has a butler.

In my experience, when you hang out with fools,

you get caught in the crossfire.

In my experience, just pretend you don't know them.

Tomu, Gin, turn right!

Roger!

Things are really amped up now that Kanade's seen Jouji

for the first time in a while.

This should be fun!

Here we go!

My killer move: the head-grab!

Got it! We won!

Say what?!

Those're swim trunks! But whose?

I saw that! They're Shinohara Kouta's!

No pants, no pants, no-pants Kouta!

Stop that! You guys!

Butt! Butt! Kouta's b—

Hey, are you in high school?

Nope!

College, then? Either way, could you quit fooling around?

You're too grown-up for that.

We're not grown-up yet!

Huh?

We're sorry! We're sorry! We're sorry!

We're really sorry! Sorry! Sorry!

So hey, Bro, what are you doing in Tokyo?

I'm a traveler. I've forsaken my home.

Truth is, Moms tossed out all o' my Pachimon cards.

She what?!

Y-You mean, that happens?!

Mothers are fearsome creatures who can, from time to time,

perform such atrocities without batting an eye.

My brothers!

That's Kanade's cousin for you: a man of discriminating tastes!

That's Kanade's friends for ya!

Let's take a bath together as a sign of our reconciliation!

Yeah!

Have they made up?

Kaho!