PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE INSTRUCTIONS
Huh?
Shinomiya and Fujiwara aren't here?
The second-years have Parent-Teacher Conferences.
I've got one, too, but I'm going last.
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE ENTER AND TURN RIGHT
Really?
Parent-Teacher Conferences!
Chika!
Oh! Dad!
Based on your post-graduate counseling form and final exam scores,
you discuss your options, college or employment.
If you choose college, you discuss with your parents whether you'll be advancing to Shuchiin Academy
or else applying to a university outside the academy.
TEACHER
STUDENT
PARENT
That is what Parent-Teacher Conferences are all about!
FLAME TYPE
WATER TYPE
GRASS TYPE
What you want to be when you grow up...
It's also a forum for you to declare your dreams for the future!
What a drag. We're still just in high school.
I have no clue about what's in store for me.
Don't you have a vision for the future?
To be honest, I can't decide.
It's a toss-up between a CEO and a NEET.
You're lucky to have those choices!
KOROPON CO. LTD.
My big brother will be taking over the company anyway.
And my parents have told me to feel free to do whatever.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
So, not working at all is one option, too, right?
No way is that an option.
If you have the means to, at least get a college degree.
You can always decide what you want to do afterwards.
Are you considering a career in law, Iino?
That's the plan for now.
But though I know I'm going to apply to a prelaw program, beyond that...
Whatever you do, don't become a prosecutor.
Or you'll end up sending tons of innocent people to jail.
True. I won't hold back when I'm prosecuting you, Ishigami.
What about you, President?
You're going on to college, right?
That's right.
I see. So you're not ruling out trying for an outside university, either.
THE STUDENT COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD
Right!
Miss Fujiwara, you're an award-winning pianist.
Aren't you considering applying to a conservatory?
I'd rather just keep playing as a hobby to keep it at arm's length.
Do you have any idea what kind of job you'd like to get in the future?
Hmm, let's see.
I'd like to be prime minister!
HEH HEH
HAHAHAHA
Teacher! That was your cue to laugh!
It's just that...
CHIKA FUJIWARA WANTS TO ADVANCE TO A UNIVERSITY OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY
It's amazing how you can say that without sounding like you're joking.
Will you be all right?
I've got this!
Of course, my father won't be coming, will he?
Word is that he'll be sending a surrogate.
Do you think Nao will be coming?
My mom? She won't be coming.
She's quite busy.
Also, she has no interest in her own daughter.
WHITE CATS ARE NOW ALL THE RAGE EVERYWHERE?
She couldn't care less about my future—
Oh yes, I do care!
Mommy!
It's been a long time, Miss Kaguya.
With your permission, I will be attending your conference on Mr. Gan'an's behalf.
Thank you for your support, Nao.
Mom, you came for Lady Kaguya, didn't you? It wasn't for me—
No.
I've always intended to take today off.
Really?
I was eager to see my daughter's face after so long.
Then, will we be having dinner together tonight?
Yes.
Why don't the three of us go out and have a nice meal somewhere?
Okay!
Mama's girl.
Hey, Mom! I want yakiniku or sushi!
But good for you, Hayasaka.
What?
I think I'd prefer to have puffer fish.
Having your parent show up must make one happy, I suppose.
What's another name for puffer fish?
That would be "teppou," right?
- Because if it hits you, you die! - Because if it hits you, you die!
Hey, Kaguya.
FLINCH
P-P-President's father?
How's it going?
Oh, I'm the picture of health!
No, not that.
Anything going on with Miyuki lately?
Nothing has happened!
Hey, no need to be so bashful.
Have you kissed?
Have you at least kissed yet?
W-We have not!
Well, that's lame.
You're in high school. Let your youth and momentum take over, and score like there's no tomorrow.
Don't worry. I'm not averse to student marriages.
Marriage?
Who is that man?
The father of the boy Lady Kaguya has a crush on.
Are you serious? This is so hilarious! I wouldn't mind paying to see it!
Where are your parents today, Kaguya?
I thought I should formally introduce myself.
They're not here today.
Really? That's not good.
Hey, then why don't I sit in as your dad?
DAD ACTIVITIES
Please don't utter ridiculous things with such a straight face!
You can call me "dad" if you like.
I will not call you that! Hayasaka! Don't just stand there watching! Rescue me!
HAYASAKA
Understood.
I don't believe we've met before, Mr. Shirogane.
I am filling in as Lady Kaguya's mother today.
Although we're not related by blood, you may think of me as her honorary mother.
Honorary mother? Is that right?
Well, I'm more or less your honorary dad, you know.
Please be quiet!
In that case, that was quite forward of me.
I happen to be a government-certified career consultant,
and as such, I merely fancied that I might be of some assistance.
Career consultant?
Well, I must say, we could certainly use more people like you in this day and age!
So that penchant for qualifications runs in the family.
Lady Kaguya, let us take this opportunity to have this gentleman sit in with us.
Huh?
It's the Shinomiya way to use whatever they can avail themselves of.
Are you sure about this, Mom?
But it's bound to be such fun!
Mom, you're so twisted.
Miss Shinomiya and her parents?
- Here! - Here!
What?
And so, each student gets a chance to speak up about their dreams!
I'd like to get into a college with a strong economics program.
MAKI SHIJO WANTS TO ADVANCE TO A UNIVERSITY OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY
For now, I'm not planning to apply to any colleges.
NAGISA KASHIWAGI WANTS TO CONTINUE IN THE ACADEMY'S UNIVERSITY
My first choice is a premed program at a public university.
KASHIWAGI'S BOYFRIEND WANTS TO ADVANCE TO A UNIVERSITY OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY
I'd like to switch jobs.
AI HAYASAKA WANTS TO SWITCH JOBS
Switch jobs?
I...
only do whatever my parents tell me to.
KAGUYA SHINOMIYA WANTS TO CONTINUE IN THE ACADEMY'S UNIVERSITY
No. If you only listen to half of what I say, that should be enough.
He's right. Don't pay any attention to any opinions of mine.
I'm not talking about you two.
I wonder what President is planning to do.
Forgive me for summoning you.
I heard what you said during your conference.
I'd be happy to write you a letter of recommendation, Shirogane.
I just wanted to get a final confirmation.
You're really sure this is what you want?
Yes.
I'll be going to Stanford.
MIYUKI SHIROGANE WILL BE STUDYING ABROAD
Not everyone follows the same path.
Time goes by in the blink of an eye.
If you have any unfinished business here in Japan, now's not the time to hesitate.
I know, Dad.
The countdown to farewell has already started.
The final day of the culture festival...
If Shinomiya hasn't confessed to me by then...
I'll confess to her.
If I go abroad for college, then just like that, I won't be able to see Shinomiya anymore.
MIYUKI SHIROGANE WANTS TO MAKE HER CONFESS, PART 2
The only time we can really date each other is while we're in high school here.
No time for hemming and hawing anymore!
I'm...
going to ask Shinomiya out on a date!
TEA LEAVES JUMPING
I've been so afraid to do it until now,
but it's not like asking her out equals a confession!
ACCORDING TO THE VIRGIN MONSTER
Statistically speaking, it's easier for people to confess postdate!
If I'm going to make Shinomiya confess first,
then all I have to do is create a situation for her that's conducive to confessing!
Just play it casual all the way!
Just play it casual when you ask her out!
Come to think of it, holding our culture festival in late December is pretty late, don't you think?
You're right. That's quite late.
Kita High's also late. Apparently, it's this weekend.
Oh?
From what I hear, Kita High's culture festival is really top-notch.
I would hate for Shuchiin to come up short in comparison, wouldn't you?
You really are a worrier, aren't you, President?
Well, of course I worry. I'm the student council president after all.
Go with the flow! Ask her out in a casual way!
If you want, maybe we can check out the Kita High Culture Festival.
Shirogane is asking Kaguya Shinomiya out on a date!
Her answer is...
GRIN
There's no need for you to go out of your way like that, President.
I guess you're right.
Of course I'm right. You really do worry too—
Huh?
Could it be that I was just asked out on a date?
MAYBE WE CAN CHECK IT OUT
By "check it out," he meant himself and me, right?
MAYBE WE CAN CHECK IT OUT
He was asking me out?
Did he mean just the two of us?
And what did I say to that?
There's no need for you to go out of your way like that.
I turned him down!
Ahhh! You really went and did it this time.
President won't be asking you out on a date again any time soon.
What was I supposed to do? I was going with the flow and playing it casual!
You know he's the type who'd never ask anyone out even on a cold day in Hell!
It took my brain an overly long time to register that!
Well, I suppose you have a point there.
Who knows?
Perhaps he had a change of heart?
I don't know about that, but...
Anyway, Hayasaka,
find a way to turn back time somehow!
As I'm not a robot cat, that's not feasible.
However, I do have one word of advice.
FOOD STALL BUDGET PLAN
President mustered up every ounce of his courage to ask you out.
Next time, why don't you ask him out yourself?
Me...
That's never going to happen! I'd be mortified!
But...
it's the same for President, isn't it?
And I'm the one who crushed his soul.
It'd be unfair of me to just run away!
I'll be fine.
All I have to do is make my mind go blank and ask him!
I just have to be like Miss Fujiwara!
You just drew a blank, yo!
BLANK
About touring the Kita High Culture Festival...
I've changed my mind.
While it wouldn't exactly be like learning from the past,
I believe we'd do well to take a page from their successes
while also learning from their mistakes, so that we can avoid them at ours.
So someone representing our academy should conduct some reconnaissance after all!
"A purehearted invitation devoid of any underlying motives!"
These were Shirogane's thoughts upon hearing it.
Does she mean that I should go by myself?
But if Shinomiya was including herself when she said someone from the academy...
does that mean she'd be happy to come with me?
SWEATY PALMS
Wh-Why has he gone silent?
Was I not being clear enough, perhaps?
But if I were to go any further, my heart would burst!
POUND POUND
These modest and restrained invitations are the product of mustering every ounce of their courage!
FLUTTER FLUTTER
They've fallen one step short of having the courage to say "the two of us together"!
THE TWO OF US
TOGETHER
Just one step! Just one step away, and...
They become hopelessly deadlocked.
Somebody...
Give us the courage to give it one more push!
Hello.
Ishigami!
Say something that'll give me the courage to ask Shinomiya out!
Hey, you have to hear this!
I just witnessed the most hilarious thing!
Someone was asking a girl out on a culture festival date in the hallway!
ISHIGAMI
Hey! Wanna go to the Kita High Culture Festival with me?
GRIN
And then he got shot down with a grin!
HMM... MAYBE I'LL GO IF EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING, TOO...
COURAGE
The look on his face when she turned him down!
I wish I'd taken a picture to show you!
Kaguya and Shirogane's courage just dropped three points.
Ishigami's a bust!
If his negativity infects me, I'll never be able to ask her out!
I need someone more serious-minded to come and say something!
You have to hear this!
I just saw the most heinous thing!
A boy was asking a girl out on a culture festival date on campus.
IINO
Propositioning a member of the opposite sex in public! Is that unbelievable or what?
COURAGE
Needless to say, I cracked down on him like nobody's business!
- Oh... - Oh...
Kaguya and Shirogane's courage just sank another five points.
Iino's no good!
It's the ones who look serious that turn out to be the nastiest!
I need someone who looks nonserious and who's positive! Get in here!
Hello!
Fujiwara, you love culture festivals, right?
Huh? Where did that come from?
Though I do like them.
We were discussing who should go check out the Kita High Culture Festival!
OH
Oh! I went last year, too!
Did you have fun?
Yes! It was really fun!
That's the spirit, Secretary Fujiwara!
COURAGE
Shirogane's courage just shot up six points!
But maybe because the festival atmosphere had gone to their heads,
so many boys kept hitting on me.
How deplorable!
Since you're so pretty, Kaguya, you really should stay away!
COURAGE
Shirogane's courage just plunged ten points!
You'd better not go, either, Iino.
It's hopeless. There's no way I can ask Shinomiya out now.
Why not?
Because I can only see a grim future for you.
It's all over.
Please! How would you know?
But...
if I were accompanied by a male, then no one would hit on me, right?
Shinomiya...
Sh-She's right!
That only happens when a girl goes alone!
Going alone just isn't advisable!
He's right, isn't he?
This is precisely when a girl can depend on a boy!
Not only that, but two people could get a wider range of research done than one!
- If that's the case... - If that's the case...
If that's the case, President, then why don't you go with Ishigami?
I'd be up for that. I'd feel more comfortable going with another guy.
And I wanted to go check out that festival anyway!
Sure, why not?
I suppose that's a good idea.
- Mind at ease! - Mind at ease!
COURAGE
Today's battle result...
Both lose.
Shirogane and Kaguya's courage just nose-dived to zero.
And so, they went...
That cotton candy of yours is huge!
Only 50 yen for this!
...and had a good time.
You can play the guitar, Fujiwara?
Just enough to dabble, really.
MIYUKI SHIROGANE WANTS TO MAKE HER CONFESS, PART 3
So, are you going to perform at the culture festival?
Oh no, I'm not performing.
I have a friend who's only ever composed by writing the notes on a grand staff,
so I'm converting it all to guitar tabs, that's all.
Oh?
Not sure what that means, but that's cool!
All guys dream of shredding it up onstage at the culture festival.
President...
Please forget about that dream right this second.
Cruel.
Say what you will, but you're more inept than you think!
Isn't "inept" going a little too far? Sure, there are tons of things I struggle with a little, but...
A little?
You're always saying that you're struggling a little and that you're a little subpar,
but when has it ever really been just a little?
President, you need to look at yourself a little more objectively!
Look at myself objectively, huh?
Is it possible that Shinomiya refuses to confess to me first because I have no masculine appeal?
If there's even a hint of such a possibility,
I've got to find out!
Hello!
Is it just you, Iino?
Uh, well, yes.
Um, what is it?
Iino...
I have something important that I want to talk to you about.
I want you to give me a serious answer.
What do you think of me as a man?
Could you ever see me as a love interest?
President confessed his love to me...
Huh?
U-U-Um...
Please give me some time to think this over!
Sure. Answer me once you've given it some serious thought.
Objectively, it could only be interpreted as a confession!
Huh? Is something going on with you two?
Yeah, I'd like to ask you, too, Fujiwara.
What do you think of me as a man?
President is a man whore
Oh, snap. Now she's back at square one.
Is this some kind of game?
Well, yeah, it's something like a game.
Take a shot at considering whether or not you could go out with me.
I'd rather die!
Me, too! I'd respectfully decline!
HIS EGO IS AS FRAGILE AS A BLOCK OF TOFU
Would you mind...
telling me why?
I'd like to hear your objective opinions.
Oh, I see where you're going with this!
This is what we were talking about before, right?
What you were talking about before?
I told President that he wasn't looking at himself objectively.
That's why he's suddenly itching to know what others think of him.
O-Oh!
Then, in my opinion, President Shirogane, you're failing to view yourself objectively 100%!
How could you pose that question in such a way?
It was just a straightforward likability poll.
Nothing more.
The reason why I can't see you as a love interest, President, is...
How should I put it?
WAAAH
It's because I feel like I'm disciplining a problem child.
At first, I did actually have some respect for you.
GRIN
Like food that tastes more bitter the more you chew it!
GRIN
The kind that I'd never ever choose for my last meal on earth!
Fujiwara! I think that's enough!
GRIN
As for me, it's not as if I dislike you, President Shirogane.
As a matter of fact, I feel both respect and gratitude toward you.
I now know that during my election speech, you came to my rescue even though I was your enemy.
It's just that...
It's just that?
It seems that looks-wise, you're totally not her type.
Fujiwara! Why did you have to tell him that?
Totally not your type?
President, please don't let it get you down!
All right, then, what is your type of guy, Iino?
Anyone as long as he's hot?
Don't make me sound like a sucker for pretty boys!
Of course I value a boy's personality above all!
Someone who's always watching over me.
Who always understands how I feel.
Who always comes to my rescue with a flourish when I'm in distress.
Like a prince!
I will always be there for you and you alone.
Oh, Miko...
Miko!
No such guy exists! That's a million times worse than choosing a guy for his looks!
He does exist.
He absolutely exists somewhere in this world.
Miko, it's all well and good to dream,
but you're the one who's going to end up getting hurt.
But he does exist! He does too exist!
What about you, Fujiwara? What's your type of guy?
I don't think that the person I fall for needs to be perfect.
Someone who, when faced with something beyond his abilities,
keeps on rising to the challenge in a single-minded, unbecoming way.
Someone who's a real fighter!
Huh?
Wait!
Um, that's not what I meant!
Shirogane did not think for a second that he himself was unbecoming.
UNBECOMING PERSON?
You know what I mean!
Hard workers are so attractive, right?
Whoa.
Normally, someone like you would be my type, then.
What a horrible thing to realize.
So, from a woman's point of view, am I just a worthless human being?
How could someone like me ever have a relationship with Shinomiya?
Oh my.
DESPAIR
What on earth is going on here?
President wanted us to trash-talk him...
so we're holding an event to legally insult him!
I never said to hold an ultra-masochistic event like that!
There you go again, Miss Fujiwara, starting up something bizarre.
I-It wasn't my idea to do this!
You should join us in telling President what it is he should change about himself!
No holds barred!
What President should change about himself?
But I don't want him to change.
I think that President is fine as he is.
No, I'm sure that's not true.
I still have a long way to go.
I can't count how many areas in which I need to improve.
I'm a man in the making!
ENERGIZED
Shirogane has regained his confidence.
Come on, Kaguya!
No fair being the only one to play nice!
As far as President goes, there's no hiding his faults!
Fujiwara...
Please look at yourself objectively.
At yourself reveling in hurling insults at someone.
I really find that questionable.
Who are you to talk, Ishigami?
You, too, Iino. You shouldn't speak ill of others.
But all I did was voice the opinion of all women everywhere.
You guys...
I have to say...
you should all look at yourselves a little more objectively.
You're telling us?
That's right.
No one can look at themselves objectively.
That's what being human is all about.
Today's battle result...
Shirogane wins.
President is a man whore
President confessed his love to me...
That prince does exist, right...??
I hope he does.