Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko! (Tomo-chan Is a Girl!)

When I throw a jab or a straight, it always lands

But when I'm aiming for your heart, I miss every time

Parallel, zigzagging, awkward, incoherent

When you look my way and move closer to me

I know it doesn't mean the same thing for you

But I wish we could stay like this forever

My changing feelings are driving me crazy

The moment you turn to face me, take that! Telepathy

If only we could feel the same thing

I want to kick this pesky subtlety away

I want to know everything, I want to know everything

I can't fool you forever

I can't keep this hidden

I want to shout out my secret, AHHH

Take that! Telepathy

Te-te-te-telepathy

Telepathy

The Reason for

Her Smile

"The Reason for Her Smile."

Morning, Misuzu-chan! Nice morning, isn't it?

Good morning.

Yes! She didn't ignore me today!

And you...

are who, again?

I'm your classmate, Tanabe!

I really wanna see her smile.

Misuzu-chan never smiles at all, you know?

Nothing wrong with being expressionless, but what would make her smile?

What are you talking about? She smiles all the time.

Huh?! No way!

In fact, she's almost always smiling when she talks to me.

She's so damn mean-spirited.

For real?!

Man, I'm so jealous!

Childhood friends have a totally different experience!

Tanabe's Image

Reality

Hey, Gundo smiles a lot, right?

Does she? I haven't seen her smile that much.

What's going on?

Why are you asking me?

Could it be because Misuzu likes Jun?

Tanabe-kun, mechanical pencils...

are pretty sharp, you know.

A wise decision.

Oh, yeah! So, Misuzu-chan,

I heard this funny story...

What the heck happened to you?

Misuzu-chan did it.

You said something weird to her again, didn't you?

You never learn.

I didn't say anything.

Huh? Then why...

I tried to kiss her on the cheek.

Mwah!

You're lucky all she did was put tape on you.

Misuzu-chan, what's it gonna take to make you smile?

Oh, you were trying to make me smile?

Tanabe-kun, do you like me?

Yeah! A lot!

Then stop fooling around and approach me seriously.

If you do that...

I'll shoot you down with a smile.

Man, she's so great!

So Jun said you smile around him all the time.

Does that mean... you actually...

It does not.

Then again...

Depending on one's point of view, it could be said that I like him.

Wha?!

Junichiro always has serious thoughts on his mind.

Even when he's laughing and goofing off around you,

I bet he's constantly thinking about something completely different.

He's such a delightful guy.

Oh... There's a smile.

I Want to Be Playful Like a Girl

"I Want to Be Playful Like a Girl."

Morning!

C'mon, cut that out!

Sorry!

I wanna try glomping a girl like that, too.

Tomo, have you finally...

Huh?! "Finally" what?!

I just mean hugging and holding hands and stuff with friends.

Y'know, girly stuff. I wanna try interacting with a friend like that.

Oh?

You always act strangely familiar with girls,

so I thought you'd be a natural at that.

I have tried it before.

Like, when I got to be good friends with someone,

I'd put my arm around her shoulder.

But every girl I do that with suddenly starts acting all distant again.

Why is that?

I feel sorry for all of them, too.

Come to think of it, we've been friends for over ten years, haven't we?

Yes, because our mothers were childhood friends.

We've been close since we were born.

I don't remember that, though.

I think we've been friends long enough to try doing stuff like that.

Long enough?

Just once! Let's try it just once!

I won't hurt you!

I was fine with it, but when you put it that way, I don't want to.

Huh?!

Tomo-chan!

What?

You want to hug, right?

Huh?

Misuzu told her...

You're sure?

Sure!

O-Okay, then...

Wh-What is this?!

She's so thin...

and soft...

And she smells nice.

So this is... a girl.

Maybe I'm really not a girl after all.

Relax.

That one's made special.

If Carol is special, then what are other girls like?

Hmm... You're pretty girly, too, Mifune.

Wh-Where the hell did that come from?!

What about you, Ogawa?

L-Like, what about me?!

Tomo-chan!

Tomo-chan, let's play together.

Morning, Tomo-chan!

H-Hey, morning.

Hey, Misuzu! Morning!

Good morning.

She seems pretty grumpy today.

I guess she's still mad.

She seems the same as always to me.

Nah. If you wanna be Misuzu's friend, you should learn this.

First of all, when she's angry, her facial expression changes a tiny bit.

Uh-huh.

And the way she acts is slightly different, too.

Angry

Not Angry

Huh...

She just gives off a different aura.

Oh!

That's how she is.

I don't get it.

What is Misuzu-chan angry about?

She started acting like that after I said I wanted more girly interaction yesterday...

But she's not the type to get mad over something like that.

Oh.

Huh?

It might be my fault.

I'm sorry!

I always mess up when I'm happy.

You think I was bothering Tomo-chan, too?

So you are aware of it, at least.

But you don't need to apologize for anything.

The one to blame is...

a certain someone who keeps pestering her

to get her attention.

Whoever it is, they sound like a child.

True.

I'm sorry I made you feel bad.

There was something going on that I personally didn't like,

and I took it out on you.

Okay...

You're being unusually open right now.

Well, I'm not a child.

Did something happen?

The physical contact you were talking about yesterday...

I wouldn't mind doing a little bit of that.

Really?!

Jeez, come on! If you were interested, you should've said so from the start!

We're best friends, aren't we?

This annoys me more than I expected.

Want me to just strangle you now?

Come to think of it...

Why don't you ever try to hug Junichiro?

Huh?!

I mean, if that was something I could do, I'd like to, but...

It's not that simple.

What are you talking about?

He doesn't even hesitate to get touchy and clingy with you for no reason.

Why would it cause problems if you were to hug him?

Oh!

Don't tell me...

You never realized that before now?

You're kidding me.

There's Jun!

All right!

Here I go!

Heya, Jun!

Let's walk home together!

H-Hey! Jun!

You're in high school now, y'know. You can't do stuff like that.

Huh?!

What?!

But you do that to me all the time!

I do that?

You sure as hell do!