Tremble All You Want (勝手にふるえてろ)

I'm such a wimp!

I think all kinds of things, but I can't say any of them.

You're really cool. Just like a figurine.

Can I touch your hair, too?

So smooth...

I always wanted to touch your blonde hair.

A girl like me shouldn't want...

...things she knows she can't have.

Living on pure instinct is barbaric. I just can't submit to that.

If I married 'One' out of instinct, I'd never be happy.

From my wedding day I'd be like a guard checking to see that he still loved me.

How could you be happy like that?

With 'Two' I could just pretend it was happening to someone else.

I'd come out of the chapel in my dress, go running down some hill...

...leave Two behind me and play in the waves...

...gasping for breath in my low-cut dress...

...and enjoy being a bride.

But still...

...I love One.

TREMBLE ALL YOU WANT

If you would...

It's wrong.

Here.

You're right!

One plus one equals one. Whoops!

Glad that's not for the project. We'd be out by millions.

That wouldn't look good.

Dealing in hundreds of millions makes me nervous.

I only slept three hours last night.

That's no good.

Broke it.

Thanks for the pencil.

He didn't ask. He just took it!

Don't get so mad, Yoshika.

I'm not mad. I'm scornful.

Accounting gets no respect.

It doesn't.

You're against power stones?

I didn't say anything.

You're laughing at me over my love charms.

Mr 'Tacky-sushi' in Sales?

'Takasugi'!

I thought you were kidding.

Love at the office! A boyfriend from work...

That's incredible.

It's normal.

I want to keep love and work separate.

You're so serious.

I can't imagine loving the same guy since Grade 8.

You don't know Ichi.

'Ichi' means 'one', but who cares if he's 'one' or 'two'?

'Two'?

Who?

Lights out.

Cut it out!

You don't like me saying you're cute as a puppy with your hair mussed up?

Hey, hey! Come on, Ichi!

Your hair's all wet! I'll wipe it for you.

The Natural Born Prince

Why 'prince'?

He was born a prince.

Weird hair.

Ichi! Come play soccer!

Eto

You realize that I'm watching you blink?

You blink while you massage. Is that a tic?

You noticed that? Wow!

Side-sight.

'Side-sight'?

Lateral vision.

I made it up.

That's how I watched Ichi back in middle school.

Everyone wanted a piece of him. Like he was a cat or something.

But he was a prince, not a cat.

I kept a respectful distance.

The one who understands and the one who is understood.

Yes.

And I was the only one who...

Ow ow ow ow ow!

Understanding someone brings tension.

It sure does!

I was always afraid someone would see that the prince in my comic...

...was modeled on Ichi, and think I had no shame.

But that never happened. Maybe my comic wasn't very good.

Don't be so modest.

No, it wasn't that great.

Self-satisfaction?

Looking back, maybe I was drunk on myself.

Proud that I wasn't like that bunch who were all milling around Ichi.

I'm the only one who can free him from everyone's gaze.

Hence your evolution.

Yes, evolution!

The need to see him without being seen myself...

...made me evolve.

I built up my eye muscles. Try it.

'Side-sight'. So you see beside yourself.

That's hard.

Animals hide that they're there.

You'll catch more fish.

Just like this, now.

I'm looking at your float.

Look, look...

People usually talk about themselves like this on a social network.

I couldn't.

I'm not brave enough to post things about someone as useless as me.

Or maybe I'd just be too embarrassed.

Extinct Animals

The Dodo

Ammonites

Yes?

Delivery for Yoshika Eto from Yoshika Eto.

It's heavy. Shall I put it inside?

Leave it there, thanks.

Thank you.

I'm still sleepy. I'm a slave to Wikipedia.

Looking at extinct animals again?

You wouldn't believe how many species have been lost because of us.

I feel so guilty I could die!

My sleep was unsound.

Just kidding. I slept like a log.

I'm the type that could be driven extinct myself.

Anyway, it arrived.

My ammonite fossil.

The museum clear-out one?

Yes. I wish I'd seen it where they found it, though.

The weight changes depending on the date and the location.

The weight has weight.

But it must have been expensive.

Not really.

The ones with the weird twists are.

The 'nipponites'. They're way beyond the means of an office clerk.

Of course!

Don't be silly!

What does this say?

One?

Two.

It's him.

'Two'?

Oh, him.

Let's give him hell at the office party tomorrow.

I can't wait.

Go for it.

You're going, right?

No, it's Friday. Tamori Club is on TV.

Takahashi in Planning has won 16 towels on 'Mondegreen Hour'.

He's amazing.

Just record it.

I do.

Then you can come.

You'll be fine alone.

I understand. I was the same.

How?

I don't mean that.

You laugh at me for giving myself to love.

I don't.

I have Ichi.

In my mind I summon him. I'm as big a fool as you.

I'll hit on Takasugi...

You will?

OK, I'll come.

Yay!

I want to see Tackysushi fall.

Don't say that in front of him!

What's his name?

'Takasugi'!

You don't even try to remember names.

You make up weird nicknames.

I can't look at the Section Manager since you started calling him 'Freddie'.

It's that look on his face and those suspenders.

Soon he'll all be in white.

Stop it!

Who was your neighbor?

Ocarina?

That one's pretty easy. She plays the ocarina.

What's her name?

Dunno.

The big city, huh?

Yeah.

Ms Tsukishima, are the estimates done?

Well? You got 'em?

Yes, they're ready.

We're on different floors, so new staff in Sales and Accounts don't talk much.

So thanks to Sales Section 1 for arranging this.

Let's see...

The girls in Accounts are all very precise.

To be honest, they'd make great wives.

Shut up make the damn toast!

We should all learn from the women in Accounts.

Anyway, let's drink.

Cheers!

Hi, Takasugi!

Ms Tsukishima, isn't it?

Hello. Sit down and let's talk.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Cheers.

You were in the Cheerleading Club at your university?

You knew that?

You have that air about you. Not just some Arts guy.