Teasing Master Takagi-san (からかい上手の高木さん)

Christmas

Christmas!

This is the place.

Did you think I'd just be asleep or something?

Wow. I'm impressed you're still awake.

Victory is mine!

Okay, here. This is for you.

Merry Christmas!

Is this your way of admitting defeat?

Nope.

Why would I? This is just a dream.

Huh?

Guess what, Nishikata?

That's actually the special gift for couples.

NO WAAAAAAAY!

Just a dream...

SPECIAL GIFT FOR COUPLES!!

Hey!

Sorry I'm late, Takagi-san!

Shikoku Ferry

Thank you for choosing the Shikoku Ferry. Your safety is our top priority.

Welcome aboard and we hope that you enjoy the fun, pleasure, and convenience of today's ride.

The sea sure is pretty, huh?

Y-yeah.

It's a good thing we made it onboard.

Yeah, sorry.

I was late because I had a little something to take care of.

Jeez. You really had me worried.

I thought we were going to miss the movie.

That would have been a waste of these tickets.

No kidding. Especially since you took the time to pre-order them for us.

Huh. There's a lot of kids around today.

Yep.

Today's the start of winter break, after all.

Oh yeah.

Winter break does start toda...

Wait a minute! That means another year of straight losses unless I beat her today!

She's teased the crap out of me this year!

At the very least, I want to end things on a high note by claiming one win against her!

This is actually the first time I've been here.

Oh? That's cool.

I've gotta think up some contest that I can win at.

Feels like we're in a big city.

Yeah, sure does.

Takagi-san!

We've got time left until the movie. Wanna check that place out?

GAMELAND ARCADE

All claw machines 100 yen

Oh! Totally!

New

Prizes

Starting

Today

Oh right, the Unrequited Love claw machine starts today.

But forget that, I have to focus on our showdown!

I'm gonna challenge Takagi-san to the game that I'm best at, "Wild West Bangety-Bang", and then totally crush her!

Ah!

This just started today! Look!

What? Oh, how about that.

I didn't realize. You know all about it, huh?

Yeah. I fell in love.

Oh. She just means she became a fan of 100% Unrequited Love.

That freaked me out for a second.

But wow, I had no idea.

Since when did Takagi-san get so obsessed with the series?

Aren't you going to give it a try, Nishikata?

No, uh, I...

Hold on, this might actually work in my favor.

I'm pretty confident in my claw machine skills.

And it's the perfect chance for me to win the Kyunko and Ikeo plushie set that I wanted without feeling any shame!

Pair Plushie

Limited Edition

Lovey-dovey

100% Unrequited Love

Hey, Takagi-san. What do you say to a contest?

Whoever gets the prize from this claw machine first is the winner.

Fine by me.

Okay, Nishikata. You can go first.

Are you sure?

Go ahead.

Darn it, she doesn't even seem worried.

Whatever, I'll show her!

Our last serious showdown of the year.

I'm gonna claim victory and look cool doing it!

Which prize are you going for?

Well, that's an easy one...

Ugh! The pair plushie is way back in the worst place possible!

On the other hand, look at that puzzle!

100%

UNREQUITED LOVE

PUZZLE

It's on the verge of falling down the chute!

It's practically asking me to win it!

I don't really want the puzzle, but...

my shot at victory is right there!

What should I do? I gotta hurry and decide!

The puzzle!

Uh, that's what I want.

Oh? I see.

That's right! What I want most is to win!

And I don't care if I have to sacrifice the pair plushie to do it!

Okay!

Now! Go for it!

That's it!

Aw, bummer.

Okay. It's my turn now.

I'm going for the pair plushie.

Hooray!

How could this have happened?!

That pair plushie is what I really wanted all along!

I let myself get blinded by victory and betrayed my true feelings.

Now I've lost the contest.

And... I also lost to myself...

Hey, Nishikata.

What?

Huh?

I'll give this to you, if you want it.

No, I can't! You won it fair and square!

It's fine, take it.

E-even though you're a fan of it?

Oh, you mean when I said I "fell in love"?

Well...

I wasn't talking about 100% Unrequited Love when I said that.

Huh?!

What I actually fell in love with was...

claw machines!

We better get on our way.

Movie time!

Congratulations. Feels nice to get the thing you wanted most, huh?

She knew!

This place is packed.

Yeah.

Lots of couples, too.

Seems like it.

I wonder if people are getting a similar impression from us.

I mean, we're here for the special couple gift...

I bet some of the people here are just pretending to be couples.

You know, to get the special gift.

It's possible.

I wonder what happens if they find out they're not a real couple?

Dunno.

I guess they wouldn't give them the special gift. Or something.

Darn you, Takagi-san.

I know you keep talking about all this "couple" stuff on purpose just to embarrass me.

But it's not gonna work!

Nah, I don't think that would happen.

Oh yeah?

How would they even be able to tell a "fake" couple apart from a real one?

As long as people claim to be a couple there's no proof otherwise.

Oh! Good point!

You've got it all figured out, Nishikata!

See that, Takagi-san?

Most kids would get totally flustered from saying lovey-dovey words like "couple",

but I can handle it no sweat!

Excuse me.

Tickets for the Nishikata couple, please.

"Couple"?

Oh craaaap!

I meant to say "Tickets for the Nishikata RESERVATION"!

Mr. Nishikata?

Yes?!

You can use those machines over there to print out your seating tickets.

Okay.

Mommy! I wanna hot dog!

100% Unrequited Love The Movie