Meet Me After School (Chugakusei Nikki / 中学聖日記)

"Sensei..."

"That time..."

"...I lost my mind..."

"...that I selfishly got irritated..."

"...and excited..."

"...so much that I..."

"...lost sight of what's around me and even myself."

"To that extent..."

"...Sensei..."

"...I fell in love with you."

Would you listen to me once more?

At this rate...

He's just a junior high school student.

Sensei!

Sensei!

Sensei!

I'm sorry, Mom...

I... came to like my student.

"April 2015"

"Opening ceremony for new school term"

Let's have one minute silence.

I didn't know it.

At this day, one year ago...

...there's a school janitor who passed away...

...after getting hit by a meteorite falling from the sky.

I've heard that Koboshidaira is a town where the stars are beautiful...

...and to have everyone doing one minute silence is...

- Excuse me, Sensei. - Yes? Umm...

- Iwasaki Runa-san. - It's just a lie.

It's true that our school janitor ever collapsed at the school yard though.

- But, look. He's totally okay, isn't he? - Huh?

Then what about the story about researchers from NASA come here every year?

- That's not true. - Really?

Err, well... what about the meteor shower...

...that are said to be seen every several hundred years which can be seen this year...

- That's not true~ - By the way, those stories...

...were all made by me!

Sit down.

- Kokonoe Junichirou-kun. - Yes.

It's so imprudent of you to make such lies. You should get some counseling...

...and learn more about social skill training.

- You have to stay after school. - What? Are you serious?

Just kidding.

Kuroiwa, what are you doing?

Are you okay?

Huh? Did your head got hit?

Sensei...

...Kuroiwa is always like that.

How did you say your greeting? Somehow I remember when you're still a trainee teacher...

...among the ones I took care of, you are the most motivated one though you made some fruitless efforts sometimes.

- Huh? - It's okay. Just do it, do it.

How do you do? I'm Suenaga Hijiri.

- Your expression suddenly changed. - It's been 2 years since I graduated from a university in Tokyo.

As a part-time teacher, I've taught in elementary school and junior high school.

Chizuru-sensei, are you listening?

I am, I am. I think you did very well.

You abandon your love-life to choose the path of being a teacher here.

I don't abandon it. I'm in a long-distance relationship with Shotaro-san now.

Shotaro is in Osaka, while you're in Kanagawa countryside like this...

...It would be great if you followed him to Osaka, though.

Well... he never really asked me to go there anyway.

Here. Look, you've been dating for 3 years but you never talked about marriage.

Seems like this guy still wants to be popular.

But it's always been my dream.

With all unfavorable conditions I have: being young, female, unmarried...

...they still made me into a homeroom teacher...

...and I have a class to take care of.

So I'm really motivated.

- Okay then. - Cheers!

How unpleasant.

- Huh? - There are already lots of comments about you.

- Suenaga is getting caught. How clumsy. - They are all over the internet...

...like 'She's cute', or 'She isn't cute', or 'She's lame'.

Those are said over and over again.

You have to be more dignified so it won't continuously happen...

- Yes. - Nowadays, depopulation becomes a serious issue.

Do you know that? Because of the declining birth rate...

...there are around 500 junior high school being closed every year.

As a teacher...

...you should protect the school's reputation with all your strength.

Yes, Ma'am.

Suenaga-sensei, what do you think about the 3rd-year students?

- Everyone is really reliable. - That's just what appears in the outside!

About the school account...

...you can login here, then you can do various things like ordering lunch or having conversation with students' parents.

- Thank you very much. - Well, properly speaking...

...I was wondering how it would turn out...

...to have a newbie teacher like Suenaga-sensei suddenly in charge of 3rd year students.

The former teacher is having her maternity leave anyway.

- But I have high hopes on you. - Oh, dear~

The essay Suenaga-sensei wrote...

...was really full of enthusiasm. She wrote it wholeheartedly.

- Moreover, you seem to be strong. - Sorry?

Do your best.

During the moment of silence, she closed her eyes too much.

She's kinda sly, isn't she?

You're right. She pretended to not use any make-up, but she still did something with her eyelashes.

But she's popular among boys, right?

- What? - Hijiri-chan. Isn't she cute?

Nope, not at all.

What a complete denial!

- As expected from Kuroiwa. - He's such a perfect model of today's apathetic, indifferent generation.

Come on, let's go.

- Goodbye. - I'm going first.

Have a good day.

"Do you have time to talk tonight?"

- You. Next week. Business trip. - Huh?

She's our new leader, Haraguchi-san, who came from New York branch office.

She's such a hardworking career woman. If you ever make her mad, you'll be doomed.

It's like the new-era of absolute monarchy.

- Kasuya-sensei. - Yeah, I'm coming.

I'm going to buy a meal.

I'm going out for a while.

Kuroiwa-kun.

Huh?

Ah, how annoying.

Hey, Akira.

Wait a sec, my cute son.

Let me correct it, my not-cute son.

- Stop that. - So you don't eat your curry?

If you continue to act like this, starting from tomorrow...

I've told you I don't need that! I've said that so many times!

What's with that opposing attitude?

Starting from tomorrow, I'll cook even more complicated meal!

Like rolled up something minced, or something with shells...

With lots of times and efforts to create, it will be a meal full of love.

- I make it everyday but you always throw it away. - Aah, shut up, shut up, shut up!

If you continue to make me sad like this, you'll shorten my life span, you know.

- Aah, aah! - Aah, what am I saying, ah, I'm this, I'm that!

I'll eat it then.

How nice it is for him. He's still in the middle of puberty.

Hey, Joffe, are you saying that it's okay to let him be like that just because he's in puberty?

He's just in his rebellious phase.

That boy with rounded and cute eyes...

...has now grown into a fully established boy in his rebellious age.

It's so wonderful of you to raise himself by yourself, you know.

As expected from you, Boss!

And thank you for the meal.

I wonder if it's okay with him at school~

I want to consult about it though, but his homeroom teacher now is a young female teacher.

According to the information I heard from other mothers, she's still kinda immature.

A young lady like matryoshka. *Note: A matryoshka doll is a Russian nesting doll.

We met yesterday, right?

Seems like you bought some boxed meal. Is your mother very busy with her job?

Do you often eat your meal alone?

If you have any problem, you can consult me anytime.

I want to be your strength, Kuroiwa-kun.

I've been wondering since yesterday...

...apparently you have such a beautiful face, Kuroiwa-kun.

Just stop this, I beg you!

Just don't make me feel irritated anymore.

Why did he hit me just now?

Did I say anything wrong?

Why?

Chugakusei Nikki

English subtitle by: aoihachi

"Osaka"

At any rate, I have to speak up.

When my students say something to me, I have to give them a good reply.

By keeping up doing that, somehow I can get through it.

And though I just learned it as a child...

...they even made me into the adviser for swimming club.

- So that's how the things going. - Yeah. It's quite hectic everyday...

...but all the students are nice.

What's wrong, Hijiri?

- I'll do my best. - Yeah.

By the way...

...are you free this weekend?

My senior Yamamoto is moving to London.

So you have a farewell party to attend?

By chance, I'm going to Tokyo for a business trip next week, so I guess I'll attend that.

- Kawai. - Yes?

If you're just pretending to work, just go home.

- What? - We're going to have the meeting an hour earlier, by the way.

- Sorry, I'll contact you later. - Okay.

I'm really sorry. I just had a bit of free time.

I've told you, it's okay for you to go home.

Doing this or that with your girlfriend at home. Want to meet her but you can't, and thus it hurts...

- It's okay to feel like that. - Is it from some songs' lyrics?

Am I being removed from the team just now?

Today's web conference is important.

- It will be great if we can make a deal. - I'm Haraguchi from construction...

I'm Haraguchi from construction industry division...

I'm here to talk about port construction project in India...

Hey, what's this? Her voice sounds trembling, is she joking?

- Ah, she's always like that, actually. - Always!?

Her nickname is "Haraguchi The Trembling Voice".

Even so, she never fails, and she always has the last laugh.

Amusement park? Hahaha~

And by the way, I also heard a rumor saying that she's our director's mistress.

- Huh? - If you'll ever go against her, you'll be banished.

Yamamoto-kun.

Mahiro-san?

Kuroiwa-kun.

Parent and child meeting? Wait, it will be on this week?

Why don't you give this to me sooner?

By the way...

...is there anything from school...

Huh? What?

Wait. Hey, Akira, wait.