Kaya-chan Isn't Scary (カヤちゃんはコワくない)

Chase me!

Hey, push me again!

I fell down!

Someone should help her!

-Did she just fall? -I don't know!

Oh my goodness, Maria, are you okay?

Kids keep falling off the swings.

It seems strange.

Kids will be kids, they are bound

to hurt themselves at some point.

I understand... but still.

This is the fifth time this week.

And always on the swings?

- Hey, stop that! - It's not fair!

Why can't we play on the swing?

What's the matter? What's going on?

Miss Chie, help!

It's the best part of the playground!

Kaya, not again!

It's not fair! Let me have a turn!

You can't swing right now.

Why not? I was in line, you know!

And you can't line up.

Get out of the way!

Sorry, not gonna happen.

Kaya Satou!

-Oh? -You're doing it again.

You can't tell the other kids what they can and can't do.

We've talked about this, Kaya.

: Miss Chie is the one in charge of Kaya now.

They say her previous teacher quit

after having a nervous breakdown.

She's always getting into trouble and starting fights.

Miss Chie sure has her hands full this year.

Mmm...

Don't look down if I'm talking.

Now listen carefully-— Kaya, wait!

: Everyone calls her kindergarten's troublemaker.

Hey, Kaya, come back here!

Oh!

Huh?

Oh...

Come on, someone push me!

Whoa.

Push me again.

Again, again, again! Push me again! Whoo!

Come on, push harder!

Huh?

Oh, don't push me more...

Stop pushing!

I'm gonna fall!

Stop it! I don't wanna play anymore!

If you're done, please step aside.

Were you the one pushing me, Kaya?

You're so mean! I almost fell off!

Why would you do that?

I'm going to tell the teach-—

Why does the swing seem so scary?

The swing isn't scary. It's-—

: The mysterious upstick inswing accidents

were not caused by the children's carelessness,

nor by the mischief of the kindergarten's troublemaker,

but rather by some otherworldly monster.

A monster whose hands were waiting,

waiting for a child to get on the swing...

so it could push them until they fall...

right into their clutches.

Again, again, again!

Harder! Push harder!

Push harder!

: And now, will another unwitting child

meet their demise at the hands of this beast?

They will not.

And the reason?

Because Kaya is the world's strongest psychic.

It's okay now.

Huh?

Come on, let's swing together.

No way! I'm too scared!

The swings are scary, and Kaya is scary too!

Kaya isn't scary.

Kaya, what was that?

Now play with me.

One more time.

Now play with me again...

Good morning, Hanamugi Kindergarten.

This is Mizuki speaking.

Ah, yes, Yumi's mother?

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

No, not at all.

Please make sure she gets plenty of rest.

Excuse me, Miss Chie.

Yumi's home sick with a fever.

Kaya Satou! I already told you, you can't do that!

She was reading this book!

She can't read it.

Come on, Kaya!

So Kaya's up to her old tricks again.

I don't get it! You're so mean!

I hate you, Kaya!

Kaya, did you want to read it back-—

I don't know if I'll ever understand

what that girl is thinking.

Don't be too hard on yourself, Chie, you'll burn out.

Sometimes kids are just mean because they feel like it.

Do you think that's really it?

I don't know about all that.

Nothing unusual has happened

since the incident with the swings.

Did Kaya somehow get rid of that monster?

I mean, hardly any kids have hurt themselves

on the swings since that day.

What if all those injuries were being caused by the monster,

and Kaya knew and was trying to help?

Snap out of it, Chie! That can't be true.

I was probably just seeing things.

Cause there's no such thing as monsters, right?

Huh?

Oh, no!

Kaya Satou! Don't tell me-—

Stop, Kaya, you can't do that! If you tape up all the pages,

then no one will be able to read the books anymore!

Mhm...

You're really pushing my buttons today, Kaya!

That's it, I've had it!

I want you to bring me all the books

you've messed with now!

Come on, Miss Chie, you got this.

Kaya...

I don't understand.

Why on earth would you do something like this?

Because opening them would be bad.

Huh?

Kaya?

Oh, Kaya!

What is with that girl?

"You can't do this. It'll be bad."

If only she'd just tell me why these things are bad.

Huh?

Huh?

Was that book open before?

I can't remember.

All righty.

Let's try to do this without ripping them.