My Love Story!! (俺物語!!)

Once upon a time, deep in the mountains,

a kind-hearted red ogre lived all alone.

The ogre had but one wish:

to be friends with the humans.

However...

...the humans were afraid of him and chose to keep their distance.

One day, a friend of the red ogre,

the blue ogre, came to visit.

He said, "I have an idea.

I am going to attack that village."

"And when I do, you can take me down and save the day."

"That way, the humans will finally change how they see you."

"And then... You can be friends."

Hm.

My name is Takeo Goda. I'm in ninth grade.

It's the day of our graduation ceremony.

Goda! Goda! Goda!

Dude, I hate that we have to go to different schools next year!

Uh, yeah. I wanted to go to the same school as you, too!

This isn't fair!

Call me whenever you want, okay? Don't be a stranger!

Sure.

Goda!

Hm? Hey, guys.

It's been a pleasure to know you the last three years!

Please drop by and see us during practice sometime!

Sure thing.

This is from all of us

on the entire team!

Oh! Thanks!

Hope you make it to nationals next year!

See ya later!

Ah! Goda!

Don't go!

We love you, man!

Please, stay with us!

Goda!

Goda!

Please! We're no good without you!

The whole year, I've been on the student council with Sato.

She has the sweetest smile.

Hi, Goda!

And before I graduate,

I want to tell her how I really feel about her.

Sato? Where are you, Sato?!

Oh! Huh?

Sato...

Um... So, uh, Sunakawa...

I've been, like, waiting all year to tell you that uh...

I really like you lot.

Ah!

Yeah well, y'know, Sato...

I wish I could say the same.

AGGHH!

Uh?

Hey, Takeo. You walkin' home?

Uh... Uh yeah.

I was just looking for you.

Let's get outta here.

This is Makoto Sunakawa. He's my friend.

Not sure why it works out between two people as different as we are,

but well...it just does.

The high school entrance ceremony's coming up. When's that again?

I think it's April 7th. Or the 6th. I dunno.

Thanks a lot. Huh?

And you've probably already guessed,

Suna is super popular with all the girls.

Suna's like the hottest guy ever.

He's so cool, he never smiles.

I'd love to see that, y'know?

I bet he only smiles for the girl he loves!

That's gonna be me. Nu-uh!

In kindergarten, there was little Yuzuha.

I had such a crush on her...

I really like you, Suna!

Yeah well. I think you're gross.

And... he made her cry.

Why you gotta make girls cry, huh?!

Sorry.

It's okay!

And then the same thing happened in elementary school

with Misaki.

I like you! I don't care.

Kayomi.

No thanks.

And Eriha.

No chance.

And Mao.

I hate you.

They always fell for Suna.

People often ask me why I'm friends with him...

But we're neighbors. We live in the same complex.

And our moms are good friends,

so we played together a lot as kids.

Hey there!

Oh, come on in! Sorry for the mess.

Let's go, sucka!

Real men fight it out whenever they have problems!

How do you wanna do this? Sumo? Sword fight?

Cards? Bring it on!

Our moms got along,

but that doesn't mean we always did.

Let's play some video games.

However...

Holy freakin' crap!

Why do I keep losing to you?!

That's 'cause you suck.

Goddangit! I am so stinkin' sick of it,

I'm gonna pound this stupid game in the stupid face!

We never really did fight.

Oh my God! I hate this game, and the controller,

and your big ugly face!

And that's how it went. And how it still goes today.

It's Sunakawa! I didn't know he lived near here!

Uh, hey there, Sunakawa!

That guy must be a model or something.

Hey, Suna.

Hm?

Have you been hearing the news?

There's some prowler guy on the loose.

Oh, yeah...

What?! Are you serious? He goes after little kids?!

What kind of a sicko is this guy?!

I couldn't get it out of my mind. So yesterday...

HM! Huh?!

HMM!

Excuse me.

We've been getting some complaints of a big creepy man

standing out in front of the school gates.

So yeah, somebody reported me to the cops.

Ahahah!

Okay, ladies, here's what he looks like when he smiles.

HAHAHAA!

It's not that funny.

Sorry.

It's okay. It doesn't bother me...

I know.

Hang in there, we're almost home.

Huh? Uh! Ah. Oh!

Whoa. Nice move. That was smooth!

Huh?!

Ahh!

Huh?!

Huh...

Please, sit here, sir.

Oh, thank you.

Uhh...

I guess I just don't have what it takes.

Takeo... Hm?

Check it out. That guy's lookin' kinda shady.

Hmm?

Think he's up to something?

AH!

You got a problem with your arm, fella, huh?!

Hey, what's your problem, man?!

Ow! Ow!

Let go of me!

Huh?

Um, uh, thank... you...

Thank you... Thank you...

Thank you...

So where should we take a loser like this?

Maybe hand him over to a station attendant or something?

We can handle things from here.

C'mon, man, I can't breathe! So you can g-

No, I'm coming with you!

What?

You say you caught this guy groping on the train?

Yeah!

Alright, you can let him go.

Let's hear what he has to say.

Yes, Sir! Ahh!

He's crazy! I didn't do nothin' okay!

We saw you.

I don't know what you're talking about!

Officer, this guy physically assaulted me!

I was minding my own business,

and he just grabs my arm outta nowhere!

Then he starts to choke me! He's the criminal here...

He was touching me!

HUH?!