01x10 - Another Prince

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The Kobe trip ended safely.

And summer break

was nearing its end.

Casual clothes.

Chinatown. Sun parasol and pizza.

The aquarium

The scent of Senpai's shampoo

Holding hands, and having fun.

More and more, it's becoming not enough

Yoi! Yoi!

Yoi!

The rice! The rice!

Oh!

The rice

Oh, man

It's surprisingly slow today.

Maybe I should ask Asami to

bring her college friends over.

I think Sis would be pissed.

Yep, I know.

Oh, how about the kids

at your school, Yoi?

You know! That boy

The curry fanatic!

Oh, him.

I'm the curry fanatic!

Business sure is slow.

I haven't seen Senpai

since the Kobe trip.

I've been busy with this and that

If I'd known this would happen,

I would have kept my schedule

open a little more

Welcome

Yo.

Senpai?!

What brought this on?

Just came by to eat curry.

Can I sit anywhere?

Oh, please, go ahead.

So, I'd like one special. Large.

Oh, he really did just

come here for curry.

Uh, and for my drink

iced coffee.

Welcome.

Oh!

Hello.

Oji-kun.

I was passing by, so I figured

I'd stop by for dinner.

Yeah, come in and eat.

Hello.

Hello.

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Thanks for the grub.

Yoi, can you handle the register?

Oh, yeah.

One moment, please.

Um, one large special.

And the drink was

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Thank you for coming!

It was real good as always.

It's been a while since I've

had something nourishing.

I'm glad to hear that.

You keep eating from

the convenience store

Don't you ever go back

to your parents' house to eat?

What? No way. It's a pain.

Besides, don't you ever get the

urge to eat junk food for dinner?

Like burgers and takoyaki.

Oh, takoyaki That's true.

I'd like to eat a whole bunch for dinner.

I wonder how many I could eat.

What are you imagining right now?

Maybe ten?

Burgers are good, too.

Oh a takoyaki burger

Then, wanna have a takoyaki party

date sometime?

At my place.

His place?

Hey, don't freeze up on me now.

I-Is that what this was leading to?!

I thought we were just making

small talk after the curry!

Y'know

Can't you stop, think, and realize

that I came to see you?

For the record, I am inviting you over.

Oh Um I-If

If my schedule frees up,

I'll think about it.

Hey, come on. Let's be

a little more proactive here.

But I have work and other things

Nobara-chan

Nobara-chan!

Did you finish your homework?!

Not yet.

Oh, good! Me neither!

Do you think Yoi-chan got it done?

The Prince? I'm sure she did.

That's right! Yoi-chan-sama would!

By the way, about Yoi-chan.

Don't you think she seemed like

she was getting along with Senpai

real well when we were in Kobe?

Oh, I know, right?

She just might be meeting

up with Senpai as we speak

Thank you very much!

Oh, hey!

Yo!

Are things with the Prince going well?

You're such a pain.

Oh, but

I was wondering whatever

happened to that dude.

Y'know, the part-timer?

The handsome guy.

Oh, beats me.

I think he still works there?

Don't know, though.

Uh-huh

What?

Well, it's just

That guy seemed like he had

his eyes on the Prince.

Like they had some real

chemistry, or something.

Well, I might just be

overthinking it, but

Kuwa

Hmm?

Don't drop weird hints at me, man.

My bad. My bad.

Don't take it seriously.

First of all, there's no way anything

like that would happen with Yoi-chan.

Well, true.

But what if something were to

Kuwa! Why, you!

My bad, my bad! I'm kiddin'! I'm kiddin'!

Why ya little Take that! And that!

Hey, stop that!

At my place

Yoi-chan, Yoi-chan, Yoi-chan-sensei!

Huh?

We solved the problem.

Huh? Oh, then you think you

could solve this next one?

For this problem, you apply this part of

the problem we just did, and

If we're going to be at

his house alone together

Are we going to kiss and stuff?

Oh, yeah, yeah. That's it.

No, we're there to have takoyaki! Yep!

Sensei's weird today.

Yeah.

I can't picture it.

I wonder what it's like

No!

Like I said, we're there

to have takoyaki!

Besides, it's not like my schedule is

going to conveniently free up anyway.

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We apologize for the inconvenience,

but we will be temporarily closed today.

I got it!

Huh? What did you get?

A winning lottery ticket?

No! I got food poisoning!

Was it the meal set I had for lunch?

For now, I'm going to the hospital,

so close up the shop for me!

You two can take today off!

Make sure you lock the doors

and turn off the gas and lights!

I guess we'll close up shop

and go home for today.

Yeah.

My schedule is freed up.

If my schedule frees up,

I'll think about it.

Since I was the one who said that, I

should be the one to contact him right?

But if I do that

Um.

Do you have some free time right now?

I'm sorry for putting you through this.

No worries. They put my dad on an

IV drip so he's all right now.

I did promise to help you pick

out a present for your sister.

I'm sorry.

Well, I guess it can't be helped.

I'll meet with Senpai another time.

By the way, how old is

your younger sister?

She's in third grade.

Third grade, huh?

I wonder what she'd like.

What did you want at that age, Yoi-san?

Um I was taking karate back then,

so something like a sports bottle.

Or a face towel.

That would make me really happy.

Oh, I know what you mean!

I was into soccer, too.

That sort of thing does make

you happy, like a sports bag.

Nice one.

Oh.

Do you want to check it out?

I'm sorry. I kept buying things for myself.

No, same.

We kind of got distracted, didn't we?

Let's just look it up on online.

Hair accessories

Cute stationary

Toys

Clothes

Play makeup

Watches

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Top 6 things to give to an elementary school girl

Clothes

Clothes

Oh.

Oh.

Thank you for coming!

Seems like it was just faster

to look it up, after all.

I'm sorry about that.

Well then, shall we?

Uh Um!

Would you like to stop

by one more place?

Are you sure about this?

Paying for my treat

It's the least I could do to say thanks.

But

Thank you so much.

I didn't have anyone else

I could ask about this,

so you really helped me out.

I've been wondering about

this for a while

Don't you have a girlfriend

or something, Oji-kun?

N-No, not at all!

You seem like you'd be popular.

I-I'm not popular.

I go to an all-boys school, anyway.

Also

I spend a lot of time playing sports,

so I'm not used to being around girls.

I'm never sure what to talk about, and

Even in folk dancing, I couldn't bring

myself to take a girl's hand

I

I understand!

You can't look them in the eye, right?!

Yeah, yeah!

Also, I'd end up using

honorifics the whole time,

and since I'm not used to it, my

speech comes across really cold.

Right?

Yes!

We have lots in common, don't we?

So, do you like anyone?

No?

Huh, Takuto?!

Iguchi, Taoka!

Didn't you say you had work today?

What are you doing here?

Hey, are you a girl?!

And here I thought he was

walking with a really handsome guy!

Whoa, no kiddin'! Wow!

You look so cool!

Hey, that's rude, you two!

Oh, right, sorry.

Sorry.

Oh, no, don't worry about it.

I'm seriously sorry.

No, really, don't worry

about it. I'm fine.

I'm sorry.

About what happened back there.

My friends were being rude to you.

Oh

No, really, it's okay.

I'm used to it. Besides

I used to be self-conscious about it,

but now it doesn't bother me as much.

Was there something particular

that helped you with that?

The thing that helped me was

For the first time ever,

someone treated me like a girl.

I'm sorry!

Honestly, what am I even saying?

Please forget what I said.

Yoi-san.

You have cream on your face.

Huh, oh

Oh, on the other side.

Oh.

Right here.

I'm sorry.

No worries.

Didn't something like

this happen before?

The lassi!

I'm sorry for doing that every time.

I do have someone I like.

Right in front of me.

I saw you as a girl right

from the start, Yoi-san.

Well, see you later.

What

What?

What?!

That was the very first time I ever

thought someone was beautiful.

Huh? Did it shrink again?

177.9 cm.

My you're growing so quickly.

In one year, you've grown more than 10 cm.

You're lucky, Oji.

I wanna be tall, too.

Hey, it went that way!

Hey, over here, over here!

Hey, don't you think Oji's a hottie?

I know, right? He's really

standing out lately.

He had a cute face to begin with.

Don't you think he has

the best-looking face?

He doesn't really talk to girls.

But he seems like he has his act together.

I know, right?

Takuto, let's go home!

Sure.

Hey, did you see that

soccer match yesterday?

Hey there.

Can we walk home with you guys, too?

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Hasegawa

Honda

Caution

What, seriously?

That was amazing, wasn't it?

Oh, which reminds me!

Aw, man, I wanted to talk about

stupid stuff like we usually do.

Hey.

I'm this way, so

I'm that way, too.

Can I walk with you?

What should I talk about

at times like these?

Hey, hey.

Huh?

What do guys usually talk about?

Uh, um

We talk about club activities,

manga, and stuff.

And sometimes videos.

Huh, what kind of videos?

Oh Mainly soccer commentaries

and overseas reaction videos.

Oh, there's this one channel that's

all about Indian food stalls

People making tons of fried rice,

or putting toppers on cakes

There's just always something

amazing happening

Uh-huh

Th-This is so awkward

Even his name, "Oji," makes

him sound like a prince!

Right?

So cool!

No matter how tall I grew

or how my appearance changed,

I was still the same guy inside, playing

soccer and hanging with the guys.

Oji, you should come hang

with us, too, next time.

Oh, I have club activities, so

And yet, the reaction from those

around me gradually changed

I'm sorry!

I'm not interested in having

a girlfriend at the moment.

People kept expecting more from

me, raising the bar higher.

What? Takuto, you're going

to an all-boys school?

Huh, yeah. It's close.

It was getting harder and

harder to be around girls.

SenchanCurry-san uploaded another video.

Whenever I watch his videos,

it makes me crave curry.

Actually, wasn't the curry place

someone showed me near here?

I should go check it out.

That's good!

Wow, what is this place? It's so good!

I'm gonna come here again for sure.

Don't you think that guy's good-looking?

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Job position: Floor staff

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Right? So cool.

A part-time job, huh

You're late.

Sorry, my train was delayed.

I think I just stared in awe.

That server is super handsome,

too, don't you think?

I know, right? He's super hot.

A man? That can't be.

Her arms and legs are slightly

longer than most women's.

The soft curve of the back of her neck.

The delicate fingers.

The precision of her movements.

I honestly thought she

was a beautiful person.

It was only a while later that I

realized it was "love at first sight."

What?

I do have someone I like.

Right in front of me.

Does that mean

He

likes me?

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