Honey and Clover (ハチミツとクローバー)

nakushita yakusoku wa hoshi ni

Send the lost promises to the stars

omoide wa tokenai

My memories won't fade away

yotsuba no clover sagashinagara kimi no kao

I steal a glance at you as we look for four-leaf clovers,

chirari nusumi mite wa me o sorasu

But then divert my eyes

yasashii ame wa furu watashitachi no ue ni

The gentle rain falls above our heads

surechigau hito no kazu dake dramatic ni naru no

as it becomes as dramatic as the number of people passing by

kowareta taisetsu na mono to

I wonder if we'll ever be able to

itsuka mata aeru hi ga kurukashira

reunite with those precious things that were broken

nokoshita kizuato ga kienai

The scars that were left behind won't go away

sorezore no basho made

Now we must depart

mou ikanakucha

To our own separate ways

Lohmeyer-senpai?

Oh, Hagu-chan, you haven't met him before?

Nope.

Lohmeyer-senpai used to live in our apartment.

There we go...

He had strong arms... and a friendly smile.

He was really an amazing senpai!

Dreamy

Lohmeyer-senpai?!

Dreamy

You guys get so dreamy when we talk about Lohmeyer-senpai.

So he's an amazing person?

Yeah! Without a doubt!

That's right... I met Lohmeyer-senpai for the first time, some time after I met Hagu-chan.

I'm sick of somen.

Meat

Where's the meat?

Meat! Meat! I want to eat meat!

Give me meat, meat, meat, meat, meat!

Morita-san, making a fuss won't get us any meat.

Payday hasn't arrived yet, so it's hard going...

No more somen!

Who's complaining about my family's somen?!

MEAT

Meat!

Don't eat it if you don't like it!

Give me meat! I'm begging you!

I can understand why Morita-san would go off like that though.

We haven't eaten meat in a while...

Makes things rough, doesn't it?

As young adults, living without meat is...

If they had the smell of meat for aroma therapy, maybe it'd calm us down?

Japanese Beef

Meat Juice

Waft

It won't satisfy our hunger, so it'd just make things twice as hard...

Oh, that reminds me. Mayama-senpai?

I've been meaning to ask you... this room has been empty for a while...

Why isn't anyone moving in there?

Oh, that room is...

That room is...?

That room is...

That room is...?

Lohmeyer-senpai's room.

L-Lohmeyer-senpai?

German? Foreign student?

He's our senpai, and he's on leave from school at the moment.

His father fell ill, so he's helping out on his family's farm.

I've never seen Mayama-senpai look so sad before...

What kind of a person was he?

He was a wonderful person.

He was serene like the northern plains...

Powerful, lustrous...

Fragrant, firm, yet juicy...

Juicy?

Poetic

Poet

Boxes: Tomato

Hey!

I just got back!

Have you all been doing okay?

Lohmeyer-senpai!

Lohmeyer-senpai!

Lohmeyer-senpai!

You've finally returned!

He's totally Japanese!

Japanese?!

On top of that, he's popular?!

Popular

I actually came back yesterday.

But as I'd missed work for a while, I went to say hi and got caught up there.

Y-You came back!

Store Owner

Roast Ham

Boneless Ham

Have you been well? We were all worried about you!

I'm so happy! Today, we celebrate!

Popular

He's popular here as well!

And I brought you guys plenty.

Ham!

Boneless Ham

Sausage!

Meat!

Here, eat 'til you're full!

Itadakimasu!

They're almost expired, so we gotta eat them all tonight.

Don't hold back!

D-Delicious!

This flavor and aroma! Just what you expect from an expensive ham!

Its juicy and full-bodied flavor!

I've been waiting for this ham!

I'll start delivering ham again, so I'll bring plenty for you guys.

Here, it's a tomato we grew back home.

It's tasty!

It's so good!

It goes so well with the sausage. It's amazing!

I see. Oh, and you're a newcomer, aren't you?

What's your name?

I'm Takemoto, Senpai.

Already in love

I see! So you're Takemoto!

Eat more!

Oh, that's right, Senpai, how is your father doing?

Oh, he's doing okay.

There's still time until we harvest the rice, and my older brother and his wife are taking care of the fields and cows.

So, I gotta make some money over here until harvest time.

I also want to graduate already.

His arm and chest are so built...

He really looks like a working man.

Even if he gets stranded on a deserted island, it looks like he could sustain a family of six.

Man... he's so cool!

Once again in Love

Rice

I see, so it's time to be looking for jobs in Tokyo.

Well, if you can't find a place to work, then come to my place.

I'll take care of you. I won't let you go hungry.

Senpai! Senpai!

Oh, no...

For a second there, I almost understood what a girl feels when someone proposes to her...

But...!

Lohmeyer-senpai!

Lohmeyer-senpai!

I'll follow you for life!

Me too!

I...!

And two weeks later...

And two weeks later...

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

The plentiful food left everyone feeling magnanimous...

And our ability to work got better and better...

This is nice.

Good job!

Oh, stop it, Mayama...

The happy and juicy days were endless.

Or so we thought....

Senpai!

Lohmeyer-senpai!

Ham-senpai!

Senpai!

Senpai! Please give us ham!

Meat! Meat! Meat!

Please don't treat us cruelly!

E-Emergency!

I found a note from Lohmeyer-senpai!

Letter: I have no choice but to go home again. I'm going home for a bit. — Lohmeyer

His father's sick again, so he's going home!

Ham-senpai!

Lohmeyer-senpai!

Come back—!

Leaving everyone at the apartment with juicy memories and empty stomachs,

Lohmeyer-senpai left us.

Farewell, Senpai. Farewell, ham. Farewell, oh, juicy life.

Takemoto, have you finished that thing yet?

The place to put Hagu-chan's "kokoro"...

Oh, you mean Rococo?

Yeah, more or less.

I pulled an all-nighter two nights ago to finish it.

I see. Good job.

Yeah, finishing that job makes me want to give myself a hug.

Note: Poster says Legendary Hero Search

Legendary Hero Search

Legendary Hero Search

Legendary Hero Search

Note: Poster says Legendary Hero Search

"Once again searching for a legendary hero"...

Isn't Arakawa Land that rundown park by the river?

They had a character like that, Mayama-san?

W-W-What's wrong, Mayama-san?

You've turned into a shoujo manga character!

I see... so you don't know about it, Takemoto?

It's been a few years already, hasn't it?

W-Why are we on a grassy knoll?!