Maiko-chan was surprised. But we re even more surprised to see her! Breathing. Moving. Standing. And at the moment, surprised. The real Maikochan, right here in front of us. Wait, does she usually wear glasses? I m going to wear glasses, too! Omigosh, she s so cute! 011
WHA--!? I was being bullied! Just now! WHY, YOU--!! KLACK it s like I m a teacher or something. THAT S NOT TRUE. That s right! Bringing her little brother to work! No, she s the one who doesn t know her place! I was just-- LISTEN, SHE-- WHY YOU LITTLE-- NO, WHAT SHE S SAYING IS-- Wow 012
TOK TOK TOK TOK it got quiet just like that. Wow. Morning. What? Huh? Morning. WHA-- Are you the bully? 013
That s okay. Oh. There wasn t any milk tea. P I P K L U N K I guess Maikochan Yeah. Maikochan s cute, isn t she? is friends with Anna. 014
Goodbye! Goodbye! G-- Goodbye. GOODBYE! Goodbye. 015
Ouch. WHACK See? Everyone s afraid of y-- DUMMY. Maho I m okay. 016
Hey, Maho! What an idiot I was. As if! Oh, sorry! We have tennis now. Let s go home. I hate that Anna. I hate her! 017
Although a couple of the older girls piss me off. it s fun! So join the tennis club! And tennis looked like fun. Because you re modeling now! How come everyone but me s in a club!? I don t need any more older girls pissing me off! I m not a model yet! SEE YA! All of them. I hate them all.. I hate em hate em hate em. 018
You re gonna buy glasses!? V N N N N Not that there s anything wrong with that. I mean 019
Why are you following me? So you don t need glasses. I didn t know you had bad eyesight. Twentythirteen in both eyes. WELCOME! You re really going to ruin you eyes. How do these look? I wasn t following you, exactly. These make me dizzy. Wow! That s what I want. I don t have the money. So you re not going to buy them? Oh. if you just want to wear glasses, get them without a prescription. 020
H-- See ya. How s your brother? Y-- Yeah He s dead. I m sorry. What I said that day was awful. He died protecting my life. Tha... Tha 021
s- s- s- snap! whir- r- r- r- r!! 022
NO! STOP it!! BMP DMP TMP? is it about Seya-kun? Would you like to tell me about it? Maikochan Maho-chan, what s bothering you? Yeah. 023
clap clap clap clap clap No, it was my fault. I m sorry about the other day. No, it was mine. WHAT KiND OF DREAM is THAT!? SHK SHK SHK SHK...and Maikochan was watching and smiling and clapping And then Seya and I sat talking in some kind of park! Not much mystery there! SPIT GARGLE GARGLE And yet And yet 024
I THiNK I LiKE HiM! RUB RUB RUB RUB Oh. Here s that thing I was telling you about. Seya, buddy! Good morning! Morning! 025
N-- No! I never really liked him before! You still have a thing for Seya? Mahoo-o-o Before. I see. Find anything interesting? Not really. This month s guest respondent is Hirosue Anna! Check out Nitori-san.!! I ve fallen in love with an older boy in my club, but he has a girlfriend. She s totally glued to some love advice magazine. JUST BUY IT ALREADY. 026
What does she know about anything!? MAHO- SA-A-A-AN I M THIRSTY. LET S GET SOMETHING TO DRINK. Let s get some tea! YAY! I know what it s like to fall for someone who has a girlfriend. Hmph! is it about him? Would you like to tell me about it? Maiko Anna-chan, what s bothering you? Yeah. 027
! GRR GRR GRR GRR GRR GRR GRR GRR What a lousy dream! GRR GRR GRR GRR GRR And I m a nobody. But she s famous. I wish I could be friends with Maikochan. 028
Okay! Maiko-chan, we re ready for you! How could you!? WAH- H- H Oh, good morning. TRAiTOR! YOU How come you get to talk to Maikochan!? 029
I can t compete on height! it s not fair! it s not fair! She said, Whoa, you re so tall! AGH- H- H She talked to me first. M- MAHO Easy for you to say! if you want to talk to her, just talk to her. And to think she was just rescuing her little brother the other day. I ll use you as an excuse. hm...? All you need is an opportunity, right? WHA!? Like what!? 030
Why did you want to become a model? Well, what should I do!? She d think I was total loser! Huh!? So just come straight out and say it. Because I wanted to meet Maikochan. No she wouldn t.
I...just admired you so much WAH-H! And that s wh-- What!? I m so flattered! isn t it? it s a perfectly good motive. No. I got into modeling because there was someone I admired. is that an impure motive? 032
WHAT S THAT SUP- POSED TO MEAN? She s actually kinda cute Hm!? DON T I KNOW IT. S-- Sure isn t she? WOULD YOU TWO TAKE YOUR BATHS ALREADY?...but Anna may actually be a nice kid. I never thought I d say it Pervert. Well, I still don t like her. HMM. I SUPPOSE I SHOULD START CALLING HER ANNA- CHAN. KLAK 033
Come straight out and say it A nice kid? NOW DON T FALL ASLEEP LIKE THAT. You give good advice, Tamaki! TMP Straight out HMPH What does Maho know, anyway? 034