01x10 - Wasurenai Hi

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Mimi.

Sheena!

Doesn't the breeze feel nice today?

Hey, we still have some time left
during lunch break, right?

Let's eat cookies in the backyard!

Yummy.

What are you reading?

A book on practical magic.

I borrowed it last week,
so it's due back today.

What? You're studying even more, Sheena?

There's still a lot of things
I don't understand.

Why do you even need to?

Recently, I've been learning
about my own magic.

Your magic?

Mm-hmm.

I always used to feel like I couldn't
keep up with the others. I hated that.

That was how magic made me feel.

Hmm.

The time passes as usual, as if
floating away into the peaceful, blue sky.

We're gradually adjusting
to the new normal

in a class that no longer
has our friend in it.

Okay, then, I'll become your
number-one chief supporter!

"Chief"?

Now, when we break this spell down
into a formula, this is how it turns out.

I don't sh**t my magic
at things like an attack spell.

I channel it.

All living creatures will reject
a foreign substance trying to enter them.

You've heard of that kind of
rejection reaction before, right?

Yes.

Magic is also a kind of foreign substance,
so you have to be convincing, like,

"Oh, I'm not a foreign substance.
I'm on your side. You'll be fine,"

as you gently channel it into the subject.

I'm still not very good,

but I think it's easier to get the
feel for this than attack spells.

If I can eventually get better,

I may be able to bring
relief to the injured.

Be sure to copy this formula down.

We will begin the next lesson
with an analysis of it.

Uh-oh!

Is it over?

Hurry up and write down the formula, Mimi.

If you don't, Professor Omi will get mad.

What? But my notebook...

is already full.

You don't say.

I'm so hungry! Let's go get a snack.

Huh? Oh, sorry. I have somewhere
I need to be after this.

What? Are you going
to see the nurse again?

Yeah.

What?!

I'll be back by evening,
so let's have dinner together.

Huh?

I'm coming too.

I'm coming with you!

I guess you are.

Excuse me.

Nurse!

Shh!

Don't yell in the nurse's office.

"Restore these for me."

"While you're at it, fill these bottles
and then label them."

Um, isn't this plant...

Hey, will this take long?

{Hmm. }Maybe a little while.

Let's see.

What's this?

"Pick the flowers and follow
your usual process."

Aha.

So you have to pick these flowers?

- I'll pick them for you!

- No! Stop, stop!

Huh?

If you don't pick them the right way,
they won't blossom again.

Huh? Then what's the right way?

Go slowly, taking one at a time.

It's okay. I'll do it,
so just leave them there.

Oh!

How about those?

Ah! Stop!

You have to be careful with those, too!

Then what am I supposed to do?

I'll come back as soon as I'm done.

I had to kick her out.

I hope she'll understand.

I want to be helpful to others
just like you, Mimi.

I want to use my powers to help people.

I'm so bored.

I'm so bored, I'm so bored, I'm so bored,
I'm so bored, I'm so bored!

Huh?

Oh.

Huh?

It's Hal.

I'm Mimi. We're in the same class.

Yeah, I know.

On Gratitude Day, I cleaned
the bookshelf next to yours.

Yeah, I know who you are.

You do? I don't see you in class much.

That's because I'm always here.

Oh, okay.

What are you doing?

This isn't very fluffy.

Fluffy?

If you air out the mattress and
wash the sheets on a sunny day,

they get all fluffy.

Sheena always does that for me.

There are plenty of
other beds here you could use.

Hmm?

Am I getting in your way?

Kind of.

We don't even have homework today.
Everyone sure loves studying.

I'm not doing it because I love it.

I have to study independently
to make up for what I miss.

Huh?

The only homework I do is what
they give us. You're amazing.

There's nothing...
nothing amazing about it.

Are you okay?

Do you have a bad cold?

It's not a cold.

I'm always like this.

I have these coughing fits, and I always
get a fever when I go out in sunlight.

I can't do the things everyone else can,
so I at least try to keep up academically.

Is that the last test? Wow!

You being sarcastic? I nearly failed.

You beat me!

What is that mess?

Don't I draw nicely?

Well, beating you
doesn't thrill me at all.

Why not?

Why aren't you happy that
you got a better score than me?

Why would I be?

Sheena doesn't seem happy about it either.

She gets good grades but always says,
"I'm not good enough yet.

You wouldn't understand, Mimi."

Sheena, you are good enough.

You serve a purpose here.

Here at school.
You're contributing plenty.

Even Sheena—

Mimi?

Sheena!

Mimi?

What are you doing over here?

I found Hal here!

Hal-kun?

So her guardian finally shows up.

I'm sorry. Was she too noisy?

Yeah, she was.

That figures.

But I don't care.

I was about to go back to my room anyway.

You okay?

Yeah. This always happens
if I stand up too quickly.

You should sit down a minute.

No, I'm fine.

Still...

I said no.

You have a fever.

That's normal for me.

Then why don't I walk you partway?

I said I'm fine.

Ah, I'll get the door.

You're so insistent.

Hold on to this.

Where's your room, Hal-kun?

I can take it from here.

I'll be fine now.

What's wrong, Mimi?

An unfamiliar flower blossoms
in the midst of my daily routine.

Let's hurry home.

Mm-hmm.

There we go. Now I just have to drop off
the laundry and clean the bed.

Wanna come, Mimi?

I do!

Put it up?

Nuh-uh. Just brush it.

Roger.

There. All done.

Next time, I'll brush your hair, okay?

Huh?

Or should I put yours up?

I'll think about it.

Thank you very much.

Mimi, you're sure in a good mood today.

Yeah, because you haven't
been practicing magic.

That's why?

When we get back, let's bake cookies!

Huh?

sh**t. I was actually hoping
to get some magic practice in.

Oh.

Hal!

You guys again?

What are you doing out here?

Nothing.

I just finished with a make-up test
I had to take in the morning.

Aren't you going back to your room?

I wanted to return a book
before I did, but...

Are you feeling dizzy again?

See you.

Um, we were about to go
and borrow some workbooks.

We were?

Well, uh...

A-Anyway,

since we're already going,
we can just return it for you.

Okay. Thanks.

Sure!

Um, where does this go in the library?

That's an old notebook that
some upperclassmen once used.

It doesn't go to the library.

It doesn't?

It was hidden in a storage room
next to the underground stack room.

It explains the lessons really clearly.

Huh. Whoa!

We gotta get going,
or we won't make it for dinner.

Huh? We haven't even had our snack yet.

Oh, come on!

Hal, how come you always wear
boys' clothes, like that uniform,

even though you're a girl?

Mimi.

Do you think it's gross?

Do you think I'm weird, too?

No, I think they look good on you, Hal.

I mean, you're the one
who chose them, right?

I don't think that's weird at all.

Okay.

Thanks.

Can I try them on sometime?

Huh? No way!

Um...

You too, Totsuki-san. Thanks.

Don't mention it.

Let's go!

Hal, bye-bye!

Eh? Uh, wait!

Those two are kind of a pain.

I wish I had a pair, too.

Of trousers?

Mm-hmm.

We can look for some
on the next Gratitude Day.

Yeah!

Wow! So pretty!

They really are.

You know what? Hal is really amazing.

She gets better grades than I do
even after missing so many classes.

She was studying the whole time
in the nurse's office.

Mm-hmm. She seems really cool.

But I think you're cool too, Mimi.

Really?

You're always straightforward
about things,

and you describe them in your own words.

I think that's why Ari and Hal-kun
open up to you like that.

I really think it's a wonderful quality.

My own words?

What I mean is, you don't speak
from bias or assumption.

Bias? Assumption?

Your heart is very clear,
like it isn't clouded with distractions.

I want to work harder so that
someday you'll think I'm cool too.

You don't have to be cool
or amazing for me, Sheena.

This must be it.

Oh.

There's a light in the back.

It's still dark, so watch ou—

Ow, ow, ow!

Sheena, are you okay?

Yeah.

Were you hurt, Mimi?

No, I'm fine.

Wait a minute, okay? Um...

There's one!

Now we have light.

Sheena...

You're hurt.

Huh? Oh, you're right.

Ouch!

I must have scraped it on the stairs.

Can we stop by the nurse's office
on the way home? I'll get a bandage.

Don't stand up!

Huh? U-Um, why?

Wait a... minute?

Were you about to use restoration magic?

Yeah, I was.

You shouldn't do that.
It's just a scratch.

But it still hurts, right?

Not a bit.

Don't lie! You said it hurt!

I'm fine. It would be a waste to use
your magic on something this small.

No, it's not a waste!
And it isn't that small!

I'll be fine. You saved me
when I hurt my arm, too.

I don't want to keep having to
depend on you for everything.

That isn't fair.

Huh?

It isn't fair. You always get to ask me...

to make me promise not to get hurt,

and to come home safe,
and to take care of myself.

But after all that, I'm not allowed
to ask you to do the same?

Won't you make the same
promise to me, Sheena?

Mimi...

You really shouldn't.

Don't...

Thank you.

Thanks to you, Mimi...

Thanks to you, it doesn't hurt anymore.

Sheena.

It still is kind of embarrassing, though.

Is it?

We don't have to hurry.

Snacks and dinner can wait.