Teasing Master Takagi-san 3
Hatsumōde
Happy New Year.
Please take care of us in the new year.
FRIED NOODLES. SWEET WINE. OMIKUJI
Nishikata.
Takagi-san.
Happy New Year.
It's very warm.
The gloves you gave me on Christmas.
Really?
The muffler you gave me is very warm too.
Are you alone?
No, I came with my family.
They are now chatting with their friends.
It's going to take a while.
I see. It's the same here.
Right. Let's go to the temple together.
Sure.
Yay!
OMIKUJI
It's crowded.
It's New Year after all.
Though there's nothing wrong with it,
everyone around us are either family or couples.
We're neither family nor couples.
It feels kind of weird.
Um, it's bow twice, clap twice and bow again, right?
I think so.
I hope I don't get teased by Takagi-san this year.
What did you wish for?
It's a secret...
You wished that I won't tease you, right?
I'm right!
I got teased again!
Why?
SWEET WINE
Takagi-san, what did you wish for?
SWEET WINE 300 YEN
I won't tell you. Try and guess it.
It must be something like teasing me, right?
That's incorrect.
After all, I can tease you anytime.
Despicable Takagi-san.
Nishikata.
Let's compete for the first time this year.
OMIKUJI
OMIKUJI 100 YEN
Let's draw an omikuji and see who gets a better fortune.
I see, a competition based on luck.
I want to change my luck at the start of this year.
Takagi-san, I accept your challenge.
You can go first.
How can you be so calm?
I will show you. I will get a good fortune
and win you.
That's fast.
(OMIKUJI) Come! "Great Blessing"!
BLESSING
"Blessing" is a good fortune, right?
It's second to "Great Blessing"
It's better than "Middle Blessing" and "Small Blessing".
Now, if Takagi-san draws anything other than a "Great Blessing",
I will at least get a tie...
(GREAT BLESSING) I knew it!
(GOOD FORTUNE! BEAUTY! HEALTH!) Please give me two.
All right! It's a total of 400 yen.
It's delicious.
Yeah...
CASTELLA
Did you wish for good health?
Ah, are you talking about my New Year wish?
That's incorrect.
I've lost consecutively at the start of the New Year...
But I really want to get this right...
Ah, it's my mother.
Yeah, I'm at the sweet wine stall.
I understand.
I'm sorry.
My family is looking for me. I have to go now.
Um...
Do you want me to stay longer?
Um... That's not it.
I'm joking.
TAKOYAKI
I've won the first competition of this year.
It's great to see you.
I will win next year's Omikuji!
Do you mean you want to come to next year's Hatsumōde with me?
No, um...
I mean if we do meet up coincidentally.
I want to go to next year's Hatsumōde with you too.
All right. Let's come again next year.
After all, my parents will chat with their friends.
I hope my wish will come true soon.
I hope that you can invite me on a date again.
What...
No, that's...
It's not that!
You must be kidding, right?
CASTELLA. EGG. HONEY. MILK
Please take care of me this year!
Despicable Takagi-san!
Snowman
Yay! There's snow!
RAIN. YOU HAVE A NEW MESSAGE. SLIDE TO VIEW
Hey, Takagi-san!
Ah, Nishikata. That's quick.
Were you excited because you saw the snow?
No, I wasn't excited at all.
But it's rare to see such thick snow.
That's right! We haven't seen such thick snow in the past five years.
Oh?
No, I'm not excited.
(Let's have a snowman competition at the empty lot) Anyway, let's hurry and start
the snowman competition.
Yeah, let's start.
Then follow me.
I wear these gloves because
I don't want the other pair to get wet from the snow.
It's a pair of super thick gloves.
Do you really think you can win me with that?
You're too naive.
That's because
I'm very good at building big snowman.
Though the last time I made a snowman was during grade school...
The time limit is 30 minutes.
You cannot use any tools.
The winner is the one who makes the better snowman.
Okay, let's start.
A better snowman?
Isn't it the bigger snowman?
A better snowman.
How are we going to decide which is better?
We have to give each other's snowman marks.
I was tricked!
I thought it was a competition to see whose snowman is bigger.
What kind of snowman is a good snowman.
You can give marks based on the size as well.
After all, I've forgotten to mention it.
You did it deliberately...
(TIMER) Now...
Start...
Marks for creativity and size...
I have to win based on these two criteria.
So...
Anyway, I only need to build a big snowman, right?
I'm going to bring over some material.
Takagi-san is still so calm...
There are 30 minutes left.
I must make the core very firm.
Compress it tightly.
Good, very good.
I must make it bigger...
It's huge.
Are you afraid now?
You didn't expect me to make such a big one, right?
But, this is just the beginning!
What do you think?
It's fine if I make the body this big, right?
Next, for the head.
So, what did Takagi-san make?
What?
It really looks a lot like a snowman!
What should I make you do if I win?
I must make a bigger one!
Ultimate Technique! Rolling Snow!
There's one minute left.
What do you think? Is it big enough?
Though it's slightly dirty.
But with this size,
I can definitely win Takagi-san's snowman...
There are 30 seconds left.
Anyway, I should complete it...
Darn it.
It's heavy!
It makes sense too.
It's already difficult to roll it around.
Am I stupid?
There are 15 seconds left.
Anyway, I can only give it everything I got.
RESET. START
It's my win.
That's because you didn't complete your snowman.
Even if I do, I don't think I can win at all...
Let me help you.
It's all right. It's very heavy.
And I lost.
You've already gotten this far. Let's complete it together.
It's completed!
It's true. I don't think I can win even if I completed it.
Let's go home.
Look like a couple.
The snowmen.
No, don't they look like father and son?
Nishikata.
Treat me to something warm.
It has nothing to do with the competition.
Why?
New Year
Kimura!
You look fatter.
So you've noticed.
I've opened a new door in the New Year.
A new door?
I've eaten 30 mochi for breakfast!
You eat too much.
Everyone...
Happy...
New Year.
Please take care of me this year.
It feels kind of weird.
We've already written this in our New Year cards.
Do we need to say it again?
It's very important!
Look, isn't there a saying like this?
One Fuji. Two eagles. Three people.
If you don't say "Yoroshiku", you will be nailed by a "Five-inch nail"!
What's that?
It's the New Year. Please be more serious!
Why did the New Year break end?
I hope it can be longer!
I know.
So, what did you do during the New Year?
I...
(WELCOME SPRING) played with kites,
cards,
and sugoroku
with my relatives!
Are you a grade-schooler?
I'm a middle-schooler!
I see.
What did you do, Sanae-chan?
I was running around...
That's just like a real athlete.
I was collecting red packets from my relatives.
Thanks to that, I manage to buy a pair of new shoes.
How about you, Yukari?
There are various things...
You were procrastinating at home, weren't you?
- Why can't I? Everyone spends their time differently! - That's right!
Nishikata-kun.
Can you come over here?
Okay.
(Consultation)
Thank you.
It's fine.
So, what's the matter?
I want to ask for your opinion.
Do you have anything you want?
I'm sorry.
I worded it wrongly.
That is... Hamaguchi and I...
I want to know if he has anything he wants.
It will be his birthday soon.
Wait, I hope that you don't misunderstand.
He's the one who gave me a present first.
I'm not doing this because I want to. I just want to return the favor.
Do you understand?
Yeah.
I see.
That's good.
So?
Do you know what he wants?
You seem to be close to him.
Let me think...
I heard from the girls that
Houjou seems to be interested in baking cookies lately.
She is not that good at cooking...
But I want to try it.
Houjou's handmade cookies.
He said he wants to eat your handmade cookies.
How did he know I was making cookies lately?
I don't know.
Then again...
So he wants to eat my handmade cookies.
Whatever. It's excessive to spend money on him.
I will just bake him some cookies.
Thank you.
Okay.
That's right.
Don't tell anyone about it.
Do you want to come over to my home?
Ah, yes. Nishikata.
Did you talk to Houjou during lunch break?
How did you know?
I saw it.
What were you talking about?
Actually...
Don't tell anyone about it.
No, it was nothing.
Is it a secret?
Yeah, something like that.
Was she asking about what Hamagushi-kun likes?
Why?
I guessed it.
Am I correct?
She's sharp as ever!
But I can't tell her...
Who knows...
Hey.
Do you want anything as a present?
No, I was not talking to Houjou-san about it.
It has nothing to do with it. I just want to know
as a reference for a present.
A present for who?
A 15-year-old boy. I think.
Someone one year older than me?
No... Despicable Takagi-san.
I won't fall for that trick again.
She must be referring to a dog again!
I thought that chihuahua is 16 years old.
No.
It's for a Year Three boy.
Eh? I thought she was teasing me again.
Um... I don't know.
Think carefully about it.
No, um...
It's for you after all.
It's for your next birthday present.
Birthday...
Tell me when you figured it out.
Okay.
Somehow, I feel relieved.
Um...
I'm sorry that I can't tell you what I told Houjou-san.
That's because I promised her.
I should apologize too.
I seem to have done something inappropriate.
No. You're doing it all the time.
I only tease you, that's all.
I see.
Then, what do you mean?
Who knows?
Your present is very warm.