Hear me out, guys!
We've heard already.
We've heard at least five times.
That's not what I meant! I wanna hear what you guys think!
Ya! Take that!
Whoa! Wait!
Hey.
What?! That's just cheating!
Noob!
- Hey. - One more time!
I'll beat the crap out of you!
You two...
I said, "Hey."
Wait... Huh?
Niko-san and Hatsuka-san?
What?!
A dude and a chick just playing games together?
You guys in elementary school?
Why not? And who said you can come in without asking?
We'd like to borrow Yamori-kun for a bit.
What?
Of course not.
What's your reason?
"What's my reason," eh?
You two are able to play games like this thanks to whom again?
Don't be too hard on them, Niko-chan.
Hatsuka, you did a lot for them too, didn't you?
Well, yeah.
So hey, don't you think you owe us big time?
Make sure to give him back.
Okay!
What?!
See you later!
Later?
Hang out with me too. I have something to talk about.
Well, I don't.
About Yamori-kun for example.
Let's go.
And so, let us begin...
the first meet-up to support Yamori-kun's love!
Yay!
So, how's it going really?
How's what going?
Between you and Nazuna.
How's it going?
There's nothing much to talk about.
Hey, Yamori-kun. Don't worry.
All of us here just want to support you two.
And we personally appreciate you.
Uh-huh. So you don't have to be so uptight.
I think we can help you.
I mean, since you're on the verge of becoming Nazuna's offspring after all.
Everyone...
I apologize. You're right.
Nah.
It's okay, as long as you understand.
Which is just an excuse.
I wanna hear teenage...
...romance.
I wanna hear it!
Gosh, I completely thought you just wanted
to hear our story to entertain yourselves over drinks.
You're damn right.
That's the type of thing I hate most.
I'm sorry, Yamori-kun.
Hatsuka-sama!
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!
Uh-uh, not at all.
What's all this?
You wanted to talk about Yamori-kun, no?
That's why you didn't follow them.
H-How...
That "How" is for "How did you know?" right?
Huh?! No, it's not!
I heard you decided to properly make Yamori-kun your offspring.
In that case, it's final.
You want advice to make Yamori-kun fall for you.
Well...
Then let's...
So, how is it?
You think you can like Nazuna?
I've said this before...
but I don't really understand what it means to like someone.
Um, Yamori-kun,
have you experienced your first love?
Not yet.
"Not yet," he said! What?!
Seriously?!
Then that means you're gonna be your first love's offspring?
That's very tough.
This sure makes the booze flow.
Yeah, definitely.
Huh? Are you using me as entertainment?
Don't be stupid! We just want to help you!
Don't get the wrong idea.
Even if they aren't romantic feelings, you think she's cute sometimes, right?
Yamori-kun, what do you think is cute about Nazuna-chan?
Um.
I think her face is cute.
That's not a cute response.
Are you properly telling her that?
Huh?
If you don't, she'll never know.
- What? - That's right.
Start by saying she's cute once a day.
That's a little...
W-What? Are you blushing?
Yamori-kun's blushing.
That's rare! Super rare!
You can do it, adolescent!
So your emotions weren't dead after all!
So, what's with this getup?
People are weak to surprises!
Listen, your sense of fashion isn't bad.
There's a constant demand for that style too.
Uh-huh...
But for a sensitive middle schooler like Yamori-kun, it's too revealing.
Without a coat, you're basically in undies. That's not normal.
But it's easier to move in.
That's why it's the opposite! Clothes that are hard to move in!
This dude is more excited than I thought.
What do you think? Don't you think it looks refreshing on you?
It feels uncomfortable.
My legs feel chilly.
That's something a cross-dressing guy would say.
That's you!
True.
Now, let's move on then.
Move on?
Offspring of your first love, eh? How nice!
How nice is that!
I want Yamori-kun too!
You treat me like an object.
Midori's becoming an annoying drunk.
Hey, slow your pace a bit.
Midori targets the incel types,
so Yamori-kun is up her alley.
What do you mean, "incel types"?! I am a virgin, but still!
She's right, to be honest.
I won't forgive you, Ko Yamori.
I'll never forget that you turned me down!
She's becoming a real pain now.
I wouldn't mind having Yamori-kun as my offspring along with Akkun.
Oh, then me too!
Hey now.
What's... What's with this...
girly atmosphere?!
Um, can I go home?
No way! I wanna hear more about you and Nazuna-chan!
That reminds me, didn't you two kiss in front of us before?
Ah.
Do you two always kiss?
Well? Yamori-kun?!
Uh...
So, hey...
Huh?
Um, i-in other words,
what do I need to do to make Ko-kun fall for... Um...
Nanakusa-san, you look super cute.
- I wanna French kiss you. - Huh?
- Can I? - Why?
The man inside me is tingling.
Don't tell me that with a serious face. How creepy.
Well, but isn't that how it'd normally be?
What do you mean?
If a person was somewhat your type
and you spent time together every day, wouldn't it be hard not to feel that way?
What? Huh?
You mean Ko-kun doesn't see me as sexually attractive?!
Well, I haven't said that much.
But when we went to the love hotel, he was properly...
Wait, was he excited not by me but by the love hotel's atmosphere?
Y-You went to a love hotel?
I thought it'd be fun, so just once.
Really?
What? Really what?
Well, was it really just for fun?
Huh?
Hey Nanakusa-san,
I bet you're more interested in romance than the average person.
Your liking dirty jokes is just the flip side of it.
You just can't be honest with yourself, huh?
N-No...
I just really like...
dirty jokes!
That was a really stupid thing to confess.
More beer please! Pronto!
I feel like I'm not myself.
What is all this?
I'm really sorry. I let her overdrink.
Isn't she cute?
Uh, yeah.
Tell her that when she wakes up. I'm sure it'll make her happy.
Will it make her happy?
Y-You look cute.
All the time.
The meet-up the other day...
Hm?
I left, but I wonder if that was okay?
You don't need to worry about it.
They're just half worried, half having fun.
Actually, those guys are just 90% having fun.
Worry about yourself more than them, friend.
Since there's a one-year rule.
Within another 10 months, you have to...
Within 10 months, um...
You know, you gotta,
um, l-l-like me.
You have to do that, s-so, um...
You did good! You did good, Nazuna-chan!
You worked hard! You got a strong heart to overcome your weakness!
Well done! That's admirable and amazing!
But that's true, it's worrying.
I was even told that I might be lacking romantic feelings altogether.
That's a pretty rude thing to say.
I'm not one to talk since I'm not popular myself,
but you're you-know-what yourself, Ko-kun.
Wait, am I being told something super rude?
Looks like we must go out and research.
By the way...
where are we headed?
For some field trip or something back in elementary school,
my group had to visit Tokyo.
The groups who weren't assigned to Tokyo were super envious of us.
I thought, "What's the big deal?"
It's less than an hour by train there, but everyone admires it for some reason.
What?
That's my memory of Tokyo.
How gloomy! That was so glum and sudden that I'm shocked.
What I meant to say is that
those guys who admire Tokyo for no particular reason piss me off.
Ow!
Ouch.
Huh? What?
What?
What's wrong with admiring Tokyo, huh?!
You admire it?
One day...
I went to visit Tokyo for no reason.
Maybe I expected something fun to happen there.
The glamour of Tokyo just made me feel a little lonely.
When I was alone, I got hit on. It didn't seem fun, so I declined.
I somehow understood.
Visiting without a purpose, especially alone, can't be any fun.
That's not limited to Tokyo though.
It's awesome, Ko-kun!
In Tokyo, you can buy clothes past 10 p.m. and karaoke's open 24 hours!
Behold, that's our subject of research.
Research?
When you watch like this, it makes you realize there's no age limit in romance.
But some don't look like proper relationships.
Proper? What's proper?
Ko-kun.
A proper person doesn't participate in the gamble called romance.
She said, "Romance," herself and she's making herself blush.
In other words, "Let's learn from others in society who are in love."
That's right. Tokyo has lots of people, so we have enough examples.
- By the way... - Hm?
Aren't the guys hitting on random girls the least likely to be in love?
Plus, it's not really pure...
Hey!
Are you saying all those guys hitting on girls wanna go straight to a hotel?!
How messed up! That's biased!
Do you have to bring up such an annoying debate?
Are there people who aren't like that?
Sure there are. Like super lonely people who need someone to talk to.
That's the unlikeliest to be in love!
It's okay!
You don't need to bring up examples of the unlikely minority that may exist!
Just the one-nighter flirts are enough!
You sure like kinky topics.
No, that's not it!
But Ko-kun, think about it.
Let's say picking up a girl to go to a hotel succeeds.
A physical relationship starts.
There are no romantic feelings involved at this point.
But what if those two in a physical relationship meet frequently from there,
and they gradually feel like they want to properly go out, and this succeeds?
Is that still not pure?
Ko-kun, that's exactly the same as what we are.
Huh?! How does it come down to that?
I told you.
Sucking blood is an act of dining as well as mating.
It has two meanings of physiological needs, food and reproduction.
This is, without a doubt, a physical relationship.
Plus, if anything, you'd be the one who went off with the guy that hit on you!
I really don't like that.
Why not? As long as both sides agree to it.
Outsiders have no say in it.
True.
It was strange.
So many people were in love like it was the normal thing to do.
When the timing's right, it looks like a scene in a drama.
However, in reality, there is no drama in real life.
Even if there isn't any drama, people can still be in love.
Romance isn't anything special.
Nazuna-chan, this is what you wanted to convey, right?!
Huh? Uh, yeah.
Hm?
Exactly!
I knew it!
UENO ZOO
A zoo.
You like zoos?
What?! Uh, no, that's not exactly it,
but I was just wondering what a zoo at night would be like.
- Wanna go in? - What?
What? What?!
Seriously? Isn't that bad? Isn't that a crime?!
What are you saying?
A kid out wandering this late is already bad enough.
Try to keep it down. We don't wanna scare the animals.
They're gone.
They're not here.
Gosh, can't see a thing.
Right?
By the way, about what you said earlier about you not admiring Tokyo.
So, you like your hometown?
What do you mean I like my hometown?
Hm. So that's how you take it.
You know how people either stay in their hometown or move to Tokyo?
Ah, right.
What about you, Ko-kun?
Well, I guess my hometown then.
But not because I like it or anything. Because there's nowhere I really wanna go.
Hm.
That's what I always thought.
Up till now.
"Up till now"?
I found a positive reason to stay in my hometown now.
Because it's the place I met you.
Even if I don't end up as a vampire,
as long as I stay there, I can always feel that you'll be nearby.
I see.
I feel the same.
I wanted to come here with you too. To Tokyo.
I always dreamed of coming here with someone. I'm glad it was you, Ko-kun.
Yeah.
Can I suck your blood?
Sure.
Let's go home.
Why don't we someday...
Sorry, it's nothing.
Someday... Someday, let's come during the day.
But that isn't our time.
Subtitle translation by: Kanami Kitabayashi