Starting note: School Days is a ren'ai game by 0verflow. It is the first of its kind to implement fully-animated story-telling to the genre. The release date is set for 25.2.2005 and is only available in Japanese. This preview of the game is available on the official site and also stands alone as an episode by itself. For more info: http://schooldays.0verflow.com/index.html Announcer: Haramihama. It was at the start of the second term when I noticed her on the same train as me. The only thing I know about her is that she's from the class next door. She seems to like books and always read one on the train. And, from what her friends called her by, her name is Katsura. Finding out that someone takes the same train as you is not surprising, but... {TC} I started to take notice in her. I don't really want to find out more about her or try talking to her, I was contended to simply watch her from afar, but I felt that it might become something more that day. [01:50] Blackboard: Seat Changes Near the window, huh. Come to think of it, it took me three weeks to take a picture of someone I like... Jeez, I'm doing such a stupid thing. {TC} If someone sees this, wouldn't people wonder if I have a crush on Katsura? What are you looking at? Ahh! No... nothing! Don't look at other people's phones! This is my classmate, Saionji Sekai. She's quite cute during class, but outside of class, she's the noisy kind that can't keep her mouth shut. Hey! You're thinking bad things about me, aren't you? No I'm not. Guess even that little good point is gone. {TC} We'll be sitting together from now on, huh. So it seems. Hehe, nice to meet you. Sure sure... You seem unexcited... Not really. The lesson's starting. Yeah. Hamaguchi is a pain, so don't try talking to me during lesson. Take your own advice. Just one thing... What? You like Class 4's Katsura-san, don't you? Look, Hamaguchi is here. [03:18] note: Don't go say stupid things. note: Don't try to deny it! Katsura-san is sure cute!! note: I'm not trying to deny anything! note: So, you two are going out? Hoho!! note: What makes you think that!? note: You like Katsura-san, don't you? If you're not trying to deny it, then you must be going out with her. note: I'm not going out with her! Why did it come to this... note: Hmm... Unrequited love? note: I already said it's not like that! note: Well... What's this then? You! When did... You there! I'm sorry. [04:23] Saionji. Saionji, don't ignore me! You told me not to talk to you, didn't you? Are you still five? Anyway, it was only for during lessons. Well, that's true. About just now... Just now? My phone... Oh right! Itou likes Class 4's... Shut up! Don't say it! I can't tell anyone? Of course not! Ahhh! I want tell someone! I'll kill you if you do. Hoho, is what you say to someone who knows your secret? Isn't there a more appropriate attitude to use when you're begging someone else? Please... Do what? Please don't tell anyone about that picture... Hmmm... What should I do? Saionji! There, calm down. How can I? Sekai! Want to go to the canteen together? Yeah, I'm coming! Well, see you later. Hey! Wait! Damn you, Saionji. Jeez, stop following me around. Saionji! What do you want? You better not tell anyone! That again? Wasn't it settled? No, it wasn't I won't tell anyone, promise. Is that OK with you? Itou, you're kind of scary. I promise not to tell anyone from now on. From now on? Then did you tell anyone just now? You did, didn't you? Was it Kanroji? Or Yamagata? Kuroda? Stop that! Tell me who was it! I didn't tell anyone! Stop lying! You did, didn't you? I did not! Jeez. Saionji! I didn't tell anyone and I won't. If you've understood, then get off. It'd be really bad if someone sees us this way. Oh, sorry! Hey, how about I lend you my help? Your help? Yeah. First I'll help you find out if Katsura-san has a boyfriend. Does she? I don't know, that's why I'm finding it out! Oh... right. Well, I guess I'll help out until she becomes your girlfriend. What do you mean? I said I'll help. To grant your unrequited love that is. I-I don't need that kind of help! I think you do. I don't! From what I've seen, the chances of you doing that by yourself is zero. Just taking pictures and praying won't bring you girls. Don't even dream. I know that... Really? It's not like I want to go out with her... There! It's because you keep saying things that are opposite of what you truly feel. S-Shut up! I guess me finding out about your unrequited love and sitting next to you must be some kind of fate. Just leave it to me. If you don't, I might tell on you... OK, OK! I'll leave it to you, Saionji! Just Sekai is fine. Saionji Sekai. Sekai? Sekai as in "the world". {t/l note: Sekai is Japanese for "world"} Fits me, doesn't it? I really like it. It's too grand for you. What? But I guess it's kind of cool. Isn't it? I feel so useless... That's not true. Sorry for shouting at you and grabbing your hands. Don't get so serious. Well, nice to meet you, Makoto. {TC - think of a better way to translate yoroshiku?} Call me by my given name too! It's all the same. Here. That's how the plan to get closer to Katsura-san began. [08:36] Hey, Makoto. Listen, I invited Katsura-san to have lunch tomorrow. At the place on the roof where we always eat together. Ahh, that place, huh. That's nice. Yeah, it feels great up there. Yeah. Well, I'll have lunch in the canteen... What are you talking about? You're coming with us! I told Katsura-san that all three of us will be eating together. Wait! What? Including me? Yeah. With Katsura-san and you? That's right. I can't. What? I'm not emotionally prepared. Makoto! Just thinking about that makes my feet tremble. I can't! What are you talking about? If you keep doing that, you won't get her for the rest of your life! I can keep looking at her from afar... Are you kidding? I'm not! Whatever, just come. No, I can't! Makoto! I can't! I can't! I can't! Coward, idiot, die! "Die"? Do people usually go that far? Oh, a mail. --------------------------------- Incoming Folder New 1/194 001 New 09/08 21:47 From: Saionji Sekai Sub: You can die. 002 Re 09/08 20:23 From: Sawanaga Hirosuke --------------------------------- --------------------------------- 001 Previous 09/08 21:47 From: Saionji Sekai Sub: You can die. But if you don't die by tomorrow, you must join us for lunch!!!! You better be there! From Sekai-sama --------------------------------- She even used "sama". {t/l note: -sama is a suffix used to address people of higher social status} Lunchtime tomorrow... This is too sudden. [10:00] I think I shouldn't. Jeez, you've already come this far, just accept it. I've already given up on her... What are you talking about! [missing dialog] [missing dialog] Ah, that's right. I've asked about who Katsura-san likes. Wanna know? If you do, go! Jeez. Katsura-san doesn't have a boyfriend. Really? Yes. Her parents are really strict and I heard her father won't let any guys near her. That's a tough one. Oh... I see. And she does has someone in mind, but not to the point of loving or hating. She has someone in mind? Stop being depressed! If you try harder, there's still a chance. No, I think I'm satisfied with just knowing that. Jeez, stop that and go! No I'm alright... Ahh! Don't pull! Sorry to have kept you waiting. Did you wait long? No. Hi. Nice to meet you, I'm Katsura. H-hi. I'm Itou. Here, let's not waste time and start eating. And that's how I got to talk to the Katsura whom I had only watched from afar before. To tell the truth, my mind was in such as mess that I don't remember what I ate then. From that day on, Sekai, Katsura and I ate lunch together everyday. [12:04] That's what I heard. Really? Yes. Oh that's right, you know, I really want to thank you. What's with you today? I'm serious. It's thanks to you that I'm now able to talk to the Katsura instead of looking at her from afar. That's nothing. I thought I was okay with just looking, if you hadn't helped, it wouldn't have come this far. Makoto... I'm thinking of asking Katsura out tomorrow. For a date. Since she likes books, so I'm thinking of bringing her to Sakakino. {TC - I have no idea what that is... I guess it's a place, and the first part sounded like } Oh, that's nice. I might get rejected, but I want to give it a try. Whether it goes well or not, I really want to thank you. And I feel I should tell you beforehand... Sekai? You should be fine. Thank you. Try your best. [13:11] Katsura! Itou-kun, good morning. Morning. You take the same train, don't you? Yeah. Same route too. Yeah. Itou-kun? Errm... Do you want to go to Sakakino after school together? I remember you said that you like books, so how about we go look around the book stores at Sakakino and then go to Sakakino Hills... {TC - again, no idea} That sounds great. Really? I have to attend the committee meeting, so I'll be late... It's okay. I'll wait. Oh, but... Saionji-san messaged me yesterday and told me that she has something on. Itou-kun? It's just the two of us. You don't want to? Is that a... date? Yes. Ermm, it's okay if you don't want to... How do I put it... I...ermm... Are you alright with me? Yes. Really? I'm asking you because I am! Katsura? I'll be in your care. I'm looking forward to it. O-okay! [14:44] Saionji-san. Yes? Have you heard from Itou-kun? Nope. About what? I see. What is it? I'm interested now. Well... Itou-kun asked me out. He said he's alright with me. He said that? How crude. I accepted it. Really? Isn't that great? What's wrong? Anemia acting up again? Do you remember when I told you I have someone in mind? I do, I do. Be sure not to think of that person when you are on a date with Makoto. He's pretty delicate. He'd be depressed if you do that. The person I have in mind... is Itou-kun. I might have been mistaken, but I felt that there's someone looking at me on the train everyday. I think that person is Itou-kun. That's... I thought I was too sensitive, but I felt more and more certain. Well, then it's a requited love. But I thought Itou-kun was going out with you. No, you are mistaken. Yeah, I realized that when Itou-kun asked me out this morning. I am really grateful to you. If you hadn't introduce Itou-kun to me, I think I wouldn't have got to know him. Feelings can't come true just by hoping. I told Makoto the same thing. When he said he was fine with just looking at you. I see. Makoto is actually a great guy. Yes. He likes you a lot. Yes. Good luck! Thank you. [16:46] Hey. Hey. Waiting for Katsura-san? Yeah. Don't try anything funny with her. I won't. I see, I see. What are you doing here? I don't need any advice. Idiot. I take this line home. You kidding? I've never seen you on the train before! I take the opposite direction. My house is in Motehara. Is that so? Ahh, you don't even remember. Sorry. Well, you're forgiven. Sekai. Why are you doing all these for me? Doing what? You were a classmate who happened to sit next to me. If you put it that way, Katsura-san was just a girl you liked to look at. Stop joking. Just because you saw that picture in my phone, doesn't mean you had to go this far. That's true. I'm really grateful... But why did you do it? Well... Well...? It was fun. Fun? That's right. It's fun to watch other people's love affairs. Is that how it is? Like those scandal news on TV or those serial dramas, it's all the same right? Oh... A couple's personal world... Oh, I'm not talking about my name. {t/l note: Sekai = World. Remember?} I could tell. I like to meddle around with that world. So I was meddled around with? That's right. That's what's fun. I don't know whether I really understood that... Well, that's just how it is. I feel like I owe you a lot. Yes, a lot! So much that you can never repay me for the rest of your life. Just kidding. But I will definitely repay you. Really? You don't have to force yourself. Even if I have to force myself, I'll repay you. Well, what should I ask for then. I'll do anything. Well then... Take your time and think about it. Your train's here. This is enough. Seka- Good luck with your date! Plastic love mitsumeru dake de mitasareta Paper heart ano koro niwa modorenai kara School Days chapter 1 "Confession" hitome anata ni aitakute koe ga kikitakute kakenuketa machikado de iki wo tometa tsuki ga terasu hikari no kage kimi ni kasanatte tachisukumu eien yori nagai isshun itsumo anata no tonari de hashagu watashi ga ita yo ne hitotsu mata hitotsu kieru watashi dake no basho Plastic love tensugoshi no yozora ni mita Paper moon tsumetai tsukiakari ni nageku yuuki wo seru mune ni yorikuraku yureru omoi dakishimete sakebu no Still I love you