A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans (人外教室の人間嫌い教師)

Eek!

You've done it now!

H-How dare you?!

I won't go easy on you this time!

Mr. Hitoma, get over here!

We've come all this way, so it'd be a shame not to enjoy the water!

No, it's fine.

I'm enjoying myself plenty.

Anyway, make sure you don't lose your rings.

Here are four of the director's gemstone rings.

If any of our students leave the barrier,

they'll revert to their non-human form, and be unable to re-enter the barrier.

But if they wear these rings,

they can leave the barrier looking the way they do here at school.

Oh?

If you happen to lose your ring...

It carries a very heavy penalty.

How heavy are we talking here?

That's for the director to decide, based on the circumstances.

So it depends on the director's mood?

If you lose your ring, you won't be able to go back.

Right!

Mr. Hitoma, you're not going to swim?

Come and play with us!

If an indoorsy type like me faced off against you feral brats,

I'd end up with every muscle aching in a few days—

I'm not feral!

I've spent my whole life with humans.

What?

So you were a pet for humans, not a wild rabbit?

None of your business, Hitoma.

Stop prying.

Now, I'm mad!

I'll show you the aim of a true FPS gamer!

We'll beat you at your own game!

Let's all take Hitoma down!

Yeah!

Take this!

Episode 4

Episode 4

The Misanthrope and the Angel's Comet

The Misanthrope and the Angel's Comet

Miss Usami, Mr. Hitoma.

I have something important to tell you.

Something important?

It has to do with Seiko Kizaki.

Did something happen to Seiko?!

During Mrs. Kizaki's checkup, they discovered a serious health problem.

We've received news that she's in the hospital now.

How's Seiko holding up?!

It doesn't look good.

Excuse me, Principal.

Would Seiko Kizaki happen to be...

It's just as you've guessed.

She's the reason that Miss Usami wants to become human.

Seiko Kizaki, 76 years old.

Miss Usami's owner.

After discussing it with the director,

we will allow a special 24-hour leave to the outside world for Miss Usami.

You'll let me see Seiko?!

However, not in your current form.

In the form you took before you entered this school.

If you so wish, I'll be the one to take you to see Mrs. Kizaki.

Mr. Hitoma, I thought you should know about this as her homeroom teacher.

I understand.

Miss Usami, what is your decision?

Let me think about it.

Usami, you haven't left yet?

Hitoma.

I'm sorry.

I'm not sure what to say, since I don't know all the details.

Just ask the principal, and you can take your special leave at any time.

There's no point.

There's no point in seeing Seiko in my old form.

She won't know how I feel.

I don't think that's true.

Even if you can't speak, you can still move.

That's plenty to convey how you feel if you meet her in person.

You don't know anything, Hitoma.

I...

I can't do those things like a real rabbit!

What?

My true form...

It's not a rabbit.

I'm a stuffed rabbit doll!

Listen to this, Usami!

You see, I've found someone I like!

Ken, who sits right next to me!

We went to get some Calpis together today.

I was so nervous, I couldn't tell what it tasted like.

Usami, Kenichi proposed to me.

He asked me to marry him.

But I'm still not sure about it...

Can I be a good enough wife to win his family's approval?

Am I really the right one?

I wish I could hold a real conversation with you, Usami.

But I'm just a plushie.

There's no way for me to talk to you.

That's why, if my wish comes true one day,

I have so many things to tell you, Seiko.

Hitoma.

I want to go see Seiko in this form.

But the principal and director would never allow it.

So I need your help, Hitoma.

Help how?

I need one of the director's gemstone rings!

I can't do that.

Those rings are locked away in a safe in the principal's office.

Then let me borrow your ring!

No can do.

Breaking the rules will lead to docked points toward graduation.

It'll make it hard for you to graduate.

I didn't come to this school to graduate.

All I want is to become human and stay by Seiko's side.

You're the only one I can ask, Hitoma!

I'll do anything if you do me this favor!

So please, help me!

Hitoma?

I know!

Why don't you come with me, then?

What?

You'll basically be my chaperone!

There's nothing to be scared of if we're together!

Scared?

Yeah, I'm scared.

I'm scared of hurting one of my students again.

I'm scared of causing someone's misery.

I'm scared of being betrayed.

Hitoma?

Please...

I need your help.

You're prepared to face the consequences?

Of course.

I'm here!

No trouble slipping out of the dorms?

None at all.

I wasn't spotted by anyone.

The barrier extends to this cherry tree.

You need this ring's power in order to go any further and remain human.

Going off of prior experience,

I and anything I touch can pass through the barrier as long as I wear the ring.

That means as long as you're in contact, the ring's effect is passed onto you.

From here on, we'll have to keep holding hands...

Hey!

Don't look so blatantly upset at the idea!

Ugh...

Didn't we shake hands back in the classroom?

That's different from holding hands.

What?

So be it.

Let's get going.

Hospital visiting hours end at seven.

Depending on when we arrive, Usami has an hour max with Mrs. Kizaki.

Looks like this is it.

Are you okay, Usami?

I'm fine.

Calpis

Huh?

Usami.

What is it?

Will you be fine by yourself from here?

Won't it be easier to talk with Mrs. Kizaki if I'm not there?

Huh?

What about the ring, then?

You want me to turn back into a stuffed doll after coming all this way?

I'll let you hold onto the ring.

When I take the ring off, I'll lose my memories from school,

but I'll remember everything again when I touch the ring.

However, that doesn't apply to you.

You want me to go see her alone?

Well, you see, I stayed up all night playing video games.

The lack of sleep's finally caught up to me.

Besides, you made me suddenly come all the way here.

I'd like a little time to rest.

I'll be napping, so pop in and say hi real quickly to your friend.