Love Stories From Fukuoka 12 (福岡恋愛白書12 〜センセイとワタシ〜)

Good morning!

Nothing in this world stays the same, nothing!

With one second the clock ticks from 8:55:10 to 8:55:11 It's already 8:55:17

in one second I'll be one second hungrier than I was one second ago!

-Kitsuse! -Yes?

-You need a camerman. -Don't worry

My camerawork has improved greatly these past three years.

Well, I'm off!

-Youve been doing this for awhile now? -Yes, since before I started the shop.

Look, I'm amazing! I'm talking with someone important.

Incredible, I'm so incredible!

Here I go being amazing again

The old me wouldn't have gone to a mixer, look how much I've grown!

Hayashi Shuuhei-kun has been smiling at me for awhile now.

Bankers sure are energetic.

Then we split off into pairs!

So Mizuki-san, you do everything from making the appointment,

interviewing the subject, taking the pictures,

and planning the article? -Yes.

That's amazing.

Were you always interested in that line of work?

You could say that.

I think it's great how much effort you put into your job.

Aah, I never know how to act when I get complimented!

Sorry about that. I'm so glad I came today.

Since you were here, Mizuki-san.

You're so pretty, and bright, you must have tons of friends,

What's the best way to put it...

Like you have this aura that just draws people in.

Oh, sorry about that again.

It's meaningless. After all, you don't know the first thing about me.

HAYASHI SHUUHEI-SAN

Would you like to go out for dinner some time?

What would Hayashi-san think if he knew the real me?

Lot's of friends? Draw people in? Don't make me laugh.

You need to come to school.

You're near the limit of unexcused absences.

Tokikawa!

Oh?

No way!

Sensei?

Is that Kichise?

Ide-sensei!

Hang on, Sensei!

-You were checking up on a student, right? -Yes, I'm still a student counselor.

-I'm glad you seem to be doing well. -Yes.

-I'll make sure to read AsakuLife. -Thank you.

I guess it's thanks to you that I have this job.

I was surprised when you told me to make a student council newspaper

but after awhile I realized it's nice being able to express yourself.

-I told you to do that? -Yes, you did!

I don't remember the past that well.

I guess that makes sense since I was always at home alone.

Do you still draw manga?

Of course not, I've grown out of that!

That's a lie. I still draw pictures almost every day.

It's the only thing that puts me at ease.

Why did I lie about that?

Especially to Sensei...

I never thought we would meet again.

-SENSEI, STOP STARING AT ME. -I WAS HOPING WE WOULD MEET AGAIN.

Even though I thought I had put that behind me.

I didn't have a single friend back then.

I wasn't able to trust anybody.

Manga was the only thing I had to rely on.

Mizuki! Mizuki!

Fiction can be whatever you want.

But back in the real world, I was all alone.

Kichise Mizuki.

Sensei was a student counselor known to be over-zealous, or even frightening.

I didn't have my teacher's permission, and didn't like dealing with this.

Hey!

You trying to hide behind that?

I can see you plain as day.

Kichise. Hey.

Kichise! Hey!

Impressive, are you some kind of ninja?

Why did you run away?

How did you know my name?

Why did you call out to me? I didn't do anything, or break a rule--

You think that excuse will work? It just makes you look more suspicious!

Will I be expelled?

Why would you be expelled? You weren't doing anything, right?

Right.

From now on, instead of doing nothing, I want you to do something.

You want me to smuggle something?

Why would you assume that? You...

What if you joined the Student Council?

-What? -Just do it.

I can't! I can't! I could never do something like that--

It's decided.

STUDENT COUNCIL ROOM

I'd like some more concrete ideas than last week.

What if we spread it through the student newspaper?

Oh, good thinking.

-No one thought of that last week. -Very nice.

Kichise, you're good at drawing manga, right?

Why don't you draw the new recycling sorting procedures for the newspaper?

Doing it as a manga will be easier to understand.

That will definitely be easy to follow!

-Well, it's in your hands then. -Yes.

It's finished.

Look.

Kichise drew this? It's so good!

-Let me have a copy. -Mizuki, you're amazing!

The plastic bottle looks so realistic! It's so good, it's so good!

It makes it so clear...

Thanks to Sensei, I made friends for the first time.

I realized how nice it can be to have friends.

It's wonderful to not be alone.

So I made a promise to myself to hide my true self.

Like Hayashi said, I would become pretty and bright, always smiling.

Hello everyone.

Kichise!

It was all rejected.

Senbou-san was furious, they felt like they wasted their money.

You can't make that kind of mistake. Printing the wrong phone number?

It was a complete waste of the printing cost.

Hey, Kichise!

What is it I'm running away from? I don't know but I have to run away.

Without thinking, I came here.

Are you planning on breaking in?

Sensei!

What are you doing here?

I see, you were just wandering along and we bumped into eachother here?

Oh, do you by chance live here, Sensei? What a coincidence.

I've seen more convincing acting from a kindergarten stage play.

Did something happen?

Come with me for a moment.

I panicked because I failed to double check something important.

And so you ran away?

Why did you run?

What were you running from?

Tomorrow, arrive at the office before anyone else

Apologize to your boss and the client, show your sincerity.

It's decided.

Afterwards, make sure to tell me how it went.

Do you have a pen?

My phone number.

You bought a lot of sausage.

Is that a problem?

Later.

They forgave me once I got on my knees and earnestly apologized. Thank you, Sensei!

She even got on her knees...

Since I pushed myself so hard to do this

You should reward me with dinner.

Don't get ahead of yourself.

You told me to report back to you, right? Right?

Tomorrow, 8 PM at Ramen Haruki. It's decided.

I met the client, my heart pounding from nervousness

I remembered you had told me to be sincere

I thought, "should I buy a gift to show my sincerity?"

-But I realized you can't buy sincerity! -The ramen is getting soggy.

I was in the middle of my story.

I know, you got on your knees, right? Truly amazing, bravo, bravo!

You don't seem to really mean it.

Is this a reward for my hard work?

-I just don't like eggs very much. -At least pretend it's a reward!

When I'm with Sensei I can be my normal dumb self.

So I would make up an excuse to see him as much as possible.

Sensei, it's the new AsakuLife!

You went to all the trouble to bring that?

The food here is really good!

I can see that it says that.

-You wrote this, right? -Yes.

I brought the new AsakuLife!

These are Asakura's best hidden spots.

This spot is a great place to go when you want to be alone.

Why don't we go there together?

If it's a place to be alone why would we go together?

So uh... you know...

How about that global warming?

If you're finished then I'll be leaving.

Okikawa.

Come to school, if you miss anymore you can't go on to the next term.

So what?

If I don't move on that's your problem, right?

You want me to do as you say so that I will be out of your hair.

You're just doing what's best for yourself.

What?

Since you are jogging I thought why don't I get some exercise too.

I see.

-Well then. -What!

Wait up!

Sensei!

Sensei, sensei...

Sensei, could we go just a bit slower...

I'm going to become ripped after this.

I doubt it.

Ramen is sounding great right now.

You won't get fit eating so much ramen.

You're right.

Can I ask something?

You would ask no matter what anyway, right?

When I...

When I forced you to join the student council...

That bothered you, didn't it?

What?

Why'd you do it anyway?

You seemed quite diligent