I am Ayumu Kasuga.
I just transferred here from Osaka
the other day.
People in Tokyo stop when the light is red,
like you're supposed to.
People in Osaka keep cross in,
no matter what, so it's rough.
Oh, I better cross, too.
sh**t, the light changed.
School here isn't very different
from school in Osaka.
Oh...
Here!
What's that tiny kid doin, here?
Oh, that's Chiyo-chan.
The girl prodigy.
The girl prodigy?
She's only ten years old,
She's only ten years old,
but she's studying in high school
because she's a prodigy.
But she's studying in high school
because she's a prodigy.
Okay!
Okay!
Later.
Later.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
There was this precocious boy named
Shouta in my neighborhood.
I guess she's the extreme
version of that.
I think that might be a little off.
Back when I was in Osaka, people said
that I was slow or spacey.
Personally, I wonder about it, thinkin'
am I really that spacey?
Oh, it's all wet now.
Hey, what are you doing?
You know how you can sometimes see
tiny bubbles in your eyes?
I'm in pursuit of 'em right now.
I see. Good luck.
Yeah, thanks.
So, here...
Whoa! It's a c*ck!
It went that way!
No! I hate c*ck!
Come on! Someone catch it!
All right! Leave it to me!
Damn, it's fast!
What are you aiming at?!
You're doing this on purpose,
aren't you?!
Hold it right there!
Over there?!
Yes!
Heave-h*! Heave-h*! Heave-h*! Heave-h*!
Heave-h*! Heave-h*! Heave-h*! Heave-h*!
Beats me. I wonder who it was?
Okay, okay, let's get back to class now.
Miss Yukari...
What? What's wrong?
I smashed that c*ck
with my textbook.
What should I do?
Don't come! Stay away!
Miss Yukari!
Back in Osaka, I was always the
slowest runner in my class.
But in this class, there's
a grade school kid.
Okay, here we go!
Get set!
Ready! Go!
I won't lose. I can't lose.
Chiyo-chan might be a prodigy'
but I just can't lose!
I lost...
In the end...
In the end, am I just no match
for a prodigy?
You're the first one ever to lose
against Chiyo-chan in a race.
Today, in P.E., we'll be
doing volleyball!
Get into groups of six!
Six?!
So, this is the combination
we end up with...
All right! We're aiming for the
ten million in prize money!
We're coming, Wimbledon!
Yeah!
There is no such thing for P.E.!
Here goes!
Nice, Chiyo-chan!
There!
Miss Sakaki, you were amazing!
Miss Sakaki is just so cool!
That person...
Miss Sakaki, was it?
She's so cool.
Isn't she, though?!
She's so cool, right?!
Okay, I'm going to aim for her, too!
What?! Aim for her?!
Wait a minute! You can't...
I'm goin' to aim to be a cool girl like her.
Oh, that's what you meant by "aim...
Is that so?
But it'll be impossible for you.
All right! Here goes!
Oh, sorry! Sorry!
That hurt. That hurt a lot.
Don't worry about it.
That's not for you to say!
It seems like playing a match right off
the bat is a little dangerous'
so let's pair off and practice
overhead passing.
Chiyo-chan, wanna do it together?
Okay.
Chiyo-chan, here I go!
Okay, I'm ready when you are!
Then, here goes!
There!
All right! All right!
Chiyo-chan, don't worry about it!
Okay!
Miss Osaka, here I go!
There!
Miss Osaka, are you all right?!
I'm okay!
Here goes again!
There!
Chiyo-chan, you okay?!
Yes!
Here I go!
There!
Miss Osaka, I'm sorry!
Yeah!
Here goes!
Okay!
Here it is!
There!
Here goes!
Okay!
There!
There!
You okay? You look pretty unsteady.
Hey, hey!
Back, alive and safe.
Back from where?
All right, guess I'll dig in!
Ta-da!
Fried chicken, omelet, and meat ba*ls!
Woohoo! They're all
Tomo-chan's favorites!
Well, thanks for the food!
What's the matter?
Don't talk to me right now.
Hey, hey.
What's that?
Tomo. Tomo.
Huh?
Is she happy that she was able
to split it neatly?
Yomi!
What's wrong with that croquette?
It's all red inside!
Oh, this?
Super hot chili pepper croquette.
You sure like super hot foods.
It looks really spicy.
Osaka, do you like spicy foods?
I'm totally no good with spicy foods.
Hey, why don't you give this
a little try?
I just told ya, I'm no good
with spicy foods.
You should listen when
someone tells ya somethin'.
Don't worry. It's got lots
of cayenne in it too.
Cayenne?
Well, you could say it's sort of like
shark fins or swallow's nests.
Oh, in that case, just a little bit.
Oh, but...
You're just awful.
I thought I was gonna die.
Sorry about that.
Huh?
What? Hiccups now?
Oh, it's probably because
you ate something spicy.
Is that how it works?
What should I do?
Hey.
Can't you cure it by drinking water?
Water?
Would juice be okay too?
I don't think it'll matter.
Hey, carbonated drinks sound like
they might work really well.
No, no, I'm no good with carbonation.
Oh, really.
Those are stubborn hiccups.
I've heard it's good if you drink
while pinching your nose.
I heard that you should drink
with your ears plugged.
All right! Let's try both!
What?
Are you ready?
Yeah.
There! Go for it!
Well? Are you cured?
Dunno...
She's not cured.
Oh, I know!
I've heard drinking from a cup
balanced on chopsticks works.
Is that for real?
Next hour's music class, right?
Let's hurry up.
Yeah.
But...
Osaka, knock it off!
Let's go home!
What?! It still hasn't gone away?!
That means it's been going on
for over two hours now.
Come to think of it'
I've heard you can die if you keep
hiccupping for a whole day.
No way!
Miss Osaka, please be scared!
Please be scared!
It's no good. That's not
scarin' me at all.
Oh, yeah! I just remembered!
You can cure hiccups by smacking
the person on the back like this!
You can cure hiccups by smacking
the person on the back like this!
You can cure hiccups by smacking
the person on the back like this!
Ow.
Isn't that for when you get something
stuck in your throat?
What?
Sorry about that.
No way...
As I recall, hiccupping happens because
something's convulsing.
Yes, the diaphragm.
Where's that?
Right about under the lungs.
Is it here?!
That's the solar plexus!
A vital point on the human body.
Are you cured?
No good, huh?
You can cure hiccups by brewing
persimmon sepals and drinking it.
Persimmon?
You sure know a down-to-earth
sort of remedy.
But we don't got any persimmons.
Then, hold your breath for a while.
Ready? Start!
That was really fast!
Put pressure on the eyeballs.
Ow, ow, ow.
Pull on the tongue.
It's not going away.
Don't you have any more ideas?
Well...
Give it to someone else.
This is suddenly starting
to sound hokey.
Give it to someone else...
What are you looking at?
If it really doesn't get better'
you might be sick.
Maybe you should go to the hospital?
Sick? Like what?
The brain...
The brain?!
Oh!
What do you mean, "Oh!"?!
Eh?
Because I think your brain could
have some problems.
What problems?
Well, you're weird sometimes.
Are you talkin' about symptoms?
Not really symptoms, but...
You know?
Yeah.
Not being aware of any symptoms
is sort of like the symptom itself...
What's that supposed to mean?
I don't understand.
Excuse me, but haven't
your hiccups stopped?
Oh, you're right. I'm cured.
It's happily ever after.
Thank goodness.
But I wonder why it stopped?
What worked?
Huh?
Oh, I gave it to Chiyo-chan.
I didn't think that was possible.
Okay, let's do everything we tried
on Osaka from the beginning.
Yeah.
Let's see, first...
Smack her on the back and then
hit her solar plexus, wasn't it?
Oh, right, right.
This can't be happening!
Sharks are fish.
Dolphins are mammals.
That bein' the case...
Are snails bugs?
What?
I don't quite understand why it's
"that bein' the case", but...
I don't think they're bugs.
Well, I don't really know, though.
I figured I was right.
After all, it'd be weird if a snail
was part of an insect collection.
No, I don't think that's the issue here...
Grains of truth!
Hey, Tomo-chan.
What?
Rice are a kind of grain, ya know.
Really.
You're no good, Tomo-chan.
What?
Grains of truth!
Hey, hey.
What?
Rice are a kind of grain, ya know.
Really.
You got it all wrong.
Huh?
I wanted you to say'
that's not grains of truth'
that's the truth about grains.
Oh, sorry.
I'm in the middle of class right now'
but I thought 'bout a lot of things today.
Contemplation Number 1.
Chiyo-chan's pigtails are
linked to each other.
Let's experiment right away.
Wow! They're really linked!
Contemplation Number 2.
Which means, could it
just possibly, maybe...
I knew it! I knew they'd be detachable!
Contemplation Number 3.
In which case, somethin' like
this could happen.
In which case, somethin' like
this could happen.
I got this for a Christmas present!
Wow. What is it?
Here, I got these.
What're they?
These are...
new ones!
Osaka.
Hey, Osaka!
Oh, it's you, Miss Yukari.
I'm working here, don't fall asleep!
Yes, ma'am.
I fell asleep without even realizin' it.
Must be 'cause I thought
'bout a lot of things.
I think I'll go to bed early today.
Hey! Don't fall asleep!
Now is the time to settle this
once and for all!
We'll fight it out to see who's better'
an English teacher or a P.E. teacher!
Better? A teacher is a teacher'
we're both the same.
You're so wrong!
An English teacher is fluent in English!
And a P.E. teacher is good at sports!
Oh, yeah?! That's why you
can't find a boyfriend!
That has nothing to do with this!
It's not like you're...
Oh, look forward to Azumanga Daioh
next week too!
Don't change the subject!
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