The new school term has finally begun.
I look forward to working with you all as members of the new student council.
Let us all work together so we can set good examples for the other students,
and let's do our best for the student council and Hinominami High School!
That's the stuff right there!
Shikanoko made me lose focus for a while, but this is what I've been striving for!
Koshitan had no idea...
that the student council had a secret.
Namely...
One of these three was determined to disband the Deer Club!
Meanwhile! At the very Deer Club that they had set their sights on...
Nokotan was taking a nap out in the sun.
We've got some work piled up, so let's get right to it.
Let's see...
First, we should make some brochures for the new students.
We just need to print this...
President.
I've already done the printing.
Huh?
Wait, you prepared all of these, Nekoyamada-san?
Wow, you're amazing!
Heh. You bet I am!
Thank me more and bow down to me!
Because my ambition is to defeat you!
Congratulations to our new student council president!
Koshi-san! Look this way!
Koshi-san!
What's her deal?
She gets good grades, and the whole student body loves her...
What's her deal?
And apparently that nonsensical Deer Club is gaining popularity, too...
What's her deal?!
I've made up my mind!
I'm gonna make her mess up, force the Deer Club into disbandment,
and drag her off her throne
as student council president and the most popular girl in school!
In order to do that...
I need to find her weakness!
This series loves to immediately reveal who the enemy is.
Thanks, Nekoyamada-san. You always work so fast.
Honestly, I think you're just too slow at your job, President.
Who knows what's going to happen with someone like you in charge?
She's always grumpy, but she always does a great job.
I don't think she's a bad person.
Up we go...
Come on, President!
Stop dawdling and get to work!
She has a stepstool?!
How adorable!
Hey, are you listening?
Hey! Listen to me! Hey!
Um, President!
Huh?
I finished sorting these printouts!
Thanks, Tanukikoji-san. This is a huge help.
I-It's nothing! This is about all I can do, after all!
Then all that's left is...
Oh? I think the order might be a bit off here...
Huh?
I'm... so... so-so... sor... sorr... I'm so sorry...
She looks like her whole world just ended!
I-It's okay, Tanukikoji-san! We can fix it together!
No!
I shouldn't be in the student council when I can't even do simple desk work!
I should never have joined!
That's not true. Everyone messes up every once in a while.
But...
If... these printouts had gone to the first-years while still out of order...
The new school term would've been thrown into chaos!
Er, no. You're overreacting.
Because of me... we'd be denounced by the whole student body...
and trust in the student council would crumble...
And then Koshi-san would have to take responsibility for it and resign...
then flee the school in shame.
Wow, your imagination is intense.
If that were to happen, I... I...
I'll cut open my stomach right in front of the student body!
You don't need to go that hard just to take responsibility!
Hm...
The student council members are honestly also pretty unique.
The only one left is...
B-By the way, why did you join the student council, Tsubameya-san?
Kinu invited me.
I-I see.
I-Is there anything you'd like to do as the student council?
Not really.
Huh? It's like talking to a wall!
What? Is this what modern high school girls are like?
Koshitan is also a modern high school girl.
But we're going to have to work together for the next year.
I need to get closer to her.
Um...
Huh? Oh, yes?
There's something I'd like to ask you.
President, um... I...
I heard that you're also the president of the Deer Club.
Is that true?
Huh? Yes, I am... Why do you ask?
No reason.
Uh, what? Why did you ask?
Did the Deer Club's idiocy get out?!
I'm just gonna take this chance...
Tsubameya-san, did you possibly want to join the Deer Club?
What?! No, really, what?!
What kind of emotion are you even feeling right now?!
Yes, excellent work, Tsubame and Tanuki!
Keep applying pressure to her, just like that.
At this rate, she'll reveal her weakness in no time!
Whew. We managed to finish somehow.
Great job, everyone.
I'm so sorry that I'm so useless...
Oh, look at the time.
I need to hurry over to my club.
Oh, fine. I guess I'll just take care of locking up the student council office.
Oh, really?
Wow, thank you so much!
You're the best, Vice President! You're so reliable!
Ah.
Koshitan, you're late.
Shut it! I was late getting out of my student council duties.
Whew... We're finally done for the day.
Okay, we should head home to—
O-Oh, no!
I was so busy working that I couldn't do anything about the Deer Club!
You've got this, Neko-chan!
The battle to disband the Deer Club has only just begun!
I, Koshi Torako, am the president of the Deer Club as well as the student council.
On the outside, I'm an honor student.
But the truth is, I'm a former delinquent,
and I'd be in huge trouble if anyone other than the Deer Club members found that out.
Yes! Even in times like this!
Ah, Koshitan. You've got a guest.
T-Tsubameya-san, welcome.
You've come to visit the Deer Club?
Thank you for having me.
Wait, what? What's even happening here?!
Why's Tsubameya at the Deer Club?!
Wait, is she actually interested in the Deer Club after all?
The Deer Club... is great.
Shoot! At this rate, she'll find out what I'm like in the Deer Club, and—
So, President... I guess you're a former delinquent.
In that case...
I'm just gonna have to act like an honor student in the Deer Club, too!
Shikanoko-san, may I have a moment?
Listen here, you.
Don't you dare pull anything while she's here.
Huh? How come?
You hear me?!
I don't really understand, but okie-doe-kie!
Tsubameya-san, thanks for visiting the Deer Club today—
So, Tsubame-senpai, do you prefer Akita Komachi or Yumepirika rice?
I won't let anyone interfere with my messy relationship with my sister.
By the way, Tsubameya-san,
do you know what kind of activities the Deer Club participates in?
Activities?
This might just work!
The Deer Club participates in all sorts of activities. For example...
We interact with actual deer sometimes, and this is what Koshitan does to them.
Take it off! Take off that costume!
Hey! I told you not to pull anything!
And why do you have this footage, anyway?!
It's a recording of episode 3 from last week.
All I did was show just how well you communicated with a wild deer
as a part of the Deer Club's activities.
What part of "anything" don't you understand? Also, that deer wasn't wild!
Aha... A self-written original song is a true sign of one's shady past.
Well done, Onee-chan. All that singing in the bath paid off.
Shady past...
Y-You've got the wrong idea, Tsubameya-san!
I was just fooling around in this clip—
Fooling around?!
So you just considered that fooling around, Koshitan?!
I'm sure Tsunoda-san is crying right about now!
Shut your mouth and stop making this more complicated!
Also, who's this Tsunoda-san?
Oh, Tsunoda-san.
You again?! You're escaping way too often!
O-Oh, crap. Um... Um...
For now, have some tea! Please enjoy some tea!
Thank you very much.
But seriously... I really have no idea what she's thinking.
I don't think she's a bad person... but I definitely sense a wall between us.
Huh?
What?!
You friggin' moron! What the heck are you doing?!
What? I'm showing our guest hospitality.
Well, don't show hospitality with deer snacks!
I-I'm so sorry, Tsubameya-san. Our deer can be so strange at times—
Whut?
Uh... She seems really happy for some reason...
Aw... It was totally worth it if it made you this happy.
I know! You can have this special treat, too.
Here.
Grass?!
Come on! There's no human on Earth that'd enjoy receiving grass—
I was wrong! There's literally one right in front of me!
Th-This is weird. She hardly ever reacts to me,
but she seems so happy at anything Shikanoko does.
I want my kohai to be friendly with me, too!
I want them to respect me as their senpai!
I don't want to lose to Shikanoko!
Koshitan did her best.
As if coaxing a stubborn neighborhood dog,
she did all she could to curry favor with the kohai who barely acknowledged her existence.
But...
She was resoundingly defeated!
Utterly and absolutely annihilated!
Could it be that she actually hates me?
Um...
I'll be taking my leave now.
Thank you for everything.
Oh... Okay.
Bye, now! Come by again sometime!
I will.
That girl's got quite the eye. She knows good grass when she sees it.
Status lowered... as a senpai...
I'm home.
Ah, Chiharu. Welcome home—Hm?!
What's with that look? Hey, Chiharu?!
Come by again sometime!
I was able to... I was able to speak with Senpai... With Nokotan-senpai!
Allow me to explain!
Tsubameya Chiharu may seem like a girl who's cool and calm...
But in reality, she's a huge fan of Nokotan.
Nokotan-senpai was even cuter up close!
Figuring that having her acquaintance Koshitan around would help break the ice,
she built up her courage to visit Nokotan!
Come to think of it,
I was so envious of the president being able to speak to Noko-senpai so casually
that I kept glaring at her...
I hope I didn't make her feel bad.
The next day...
I ain't gonna lose!
I ain't gonna lose to Shikanoko, out of all things!
I'm gonna be a senpai respected by her kohai!
Oh, I-I'm so sorry!
Tanukikoji-san?
Oh, President...
I'm sorry, President... for dragging you along on my errand.
It's quite all right. I don't have anything on my hands right now,
and it'll be done quicker with the two of us.
Senpai who are respected by their kohai, example one:
Senpai who immediately help out.
President... Thank you very much.
Let's see... You needed to count the equipment, right?
But you know, this is my first time entering the gym shed.
Me, too.
Oh! In manga, someone always gets trapped in one of these!
Senpai who are respected by their kohai, example two:
Senpai who tell casual jokes.
Wouldn't it be funny if we got trapped in here?
Hey, first-year! I told you to properly lock the shed down!
Sorry, sir!
Wait—
We're still in here!
Tanukikoji-san, are you all right?
Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wha, wha, wha... Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-What...
What, what, what, what should we d-d-d-d-do?!
Yeah, she's not okay at all!
Man, talk about a cliché!
Hm... This isn't good.
Even if I were to yell for help, people rarely pass by this place.
And I left my phone in my bag.
Tanukikoji-san, what are you...
What?!
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Stop that!
This isn't even funny!
B-But we may never get to leave this place!
Oh, come on! How did you even arrive at that conclusion?
Getting locked in a gym shed is a cliché in rom-coms.
But for me to be stuck in that situation with you, President,
is just too overwhelming and impossible.
Which means that the only thing left is...
The passing days with no one to help us...
Our bodies becoming weaker...
Our sanity leaving us...
And finally...
The inescapable grasp of death!
And then we'll end up haunting Hinominami High School,
our story passed down as urban legend until someone makes a really boring video about us!
She's literally floating...
Her train of thought's gotten totally derailed.
And her imagination is way out there.
I-It'll be okay.
Before any of that happens, someone will get worried about us and come looking.
Hm?
I hear something...
That voice...
Shikanoko?!
What the hell is she doing here?
Actually, that doesn't matter right now!
Hey, deer!
Er, Shikanoko-san! It's me! Koshi Torako!
Shikanoko-san?! Wait, what even is this song?!
Hello?! Can you hear me, Shikanoko-san?!
Wait, you just threw it away!
I want a refund of my feels!
The hell is this song?!
I've got a shot at Kohaku... No, at the Record Taisho Awards!
The hell you do!
Well, anyway. Now's not the time for that.
Hey! Damn it! Come back here!
She left...
I guess we're just going to have to patiently wait for someone to save us,
Tanukikoji-san.
Huh? Tanukikoji-san? Where'd you go?
I'm right here...
U-Uh... But why?
I'm... reflecting on my actions.
Reflecting?
It must be my fault that we got trapped in here.
I'm being punished.
You can talk to me.
Huh?
I'm not sure what you'd be getting punished for...
But I might be able to help you out in some way.
President...
Senpai who are respected by their kohai, example three:
Senpai that are willing to hear you out.
The other day, when my class was doing self-introductions...
Self-introductions?
I've barely ever cooked anything in my life,
but I lied and said my hobby was cooking.
Why is her crime so damn adorable?
The dish I'm best at is eggs over rice (shells included)!
And yet, I had the nerve to join the student council,
so I'm being punished for lying!
You are entirely too negative!
It's okay! Just come out!
No! I'm going to repent in here for the rest of my life!
Th-The door!
Sh-Shikanoko-san!
Oh, hey, it's Koshitan.
D-Did you come to save us?
What are you talking about?
I just came to get some of the mushrooms I was secretly growing in the vaulting box.
You've seriously been doing that?!
What are you doing in here, Koshitan?
Playing hide-and-seek?
Huh? No, I wasn't, uh...
Wait a minute... Were you after my mushrooms?
The hell I was!
Of course not! I was so excited to finally pick them today!
Are you a poacher?!
Eek! I'm so sorry!
Says the one who's illegally growing mushrooms!
Koshitan and Tanuki made it out alive!
Seconds, please.
Huh?
Huh?!
Huh? Huh? Huh?
Why isn't anyone here?!