Volume
1:
"I
don't want it."
Kotoko is upset when the boy that she has been in
love with for 2 years refused to accept the love
letter that she has written for him. This has made
her the laughingstock of the school. Everyone has
expected such outcome as Naoki from the A-Class would
never go out with Kotoko from the F-Class. Not only
he is from the A-Class, he is also a genius and a top
student in school. With this rejection, Kotoko
decides to move on.Unexpectedly, during a visit from
her friends, her house collapses. The next day her
friends tried to collect donations for her, to her
embarrassment. When Naoki comes over, he tries to
donate but Kotoko is insulted and refused the money.
Her
father decides to put her up at his friend's house
while the house is being re-built. To her shock,
"the friend" that her father has referred
to is Naoki's father. Mama is very happy to have a
girl to go shopping with and etc. Yuki, Naoki's
younger brother embarrased Kotoko by asking her about
his homework. When Kotoko tells him what she think
the word is (in his book) he calls her "stupid"
and tells her the correct answer. When he is
reprimanded by Mama, he shouts "I hate you!"
to Kotoko.
Mama then
brought Kotoko to her room and Kotoko is amazed as
the room has been done up very prettily. Mama then
reveals that she has always wanted a daughter and has
always wanted to do up a room for her daughter. Naoki
who has come to bring Kotoko's suitcase up tells her
that the room used to belong to Yuki. After Mama left
the room, Naoki tells Kotoko that whether she's here
(in the same house) or not, it doesn't make any
difference to him. Thus, he doesn't want her to bug
him either. As a parting shot, Yuki who has been
standing at the doorway, sticks out his tongue.
The next
day, on the way to school, Naoki tells Kotoko to not
tell anyone about them staying under roof, also tells
her to not walk with him to school. When they are in
a full train someone touches Kotoko's backside,
however Naoki doesn't come to her rescue. In school,
Kotoko tells her friends that she won't lose to Naoki
in an upcoming test and they laugh telling her that
it's impossible to beat Naoki. Kotoko starts studying
hard and Mama takes pity on her and invites Kotoko to
see the family photo album. Kotoko sees pictures of a
little girl and asks if Naoki has a sister. Mama then
tells her that it is Naoki. Mama wanted a daughter so
much that she dressed him up as a girl when he was
young.
Next
morning, Kotoko keeps laughing when she sees Naoki.
In school, Naoki comes into the F-class to look for
Kotoko. As it turned out, they've got their lunch box
mixed up. During the exchange, Kotoko revealed one of
the photo that she saw last night. She blackmails him
to tutor her for the upcoming test. While they are
studying together, Mama keeps taking pictures of them
together.
Finally
the test day comes, as Kotoko walks past Naoki in the
school hallway, she says, "Thank you",
Naoki replies, "Do your best." When the
test results come, Kotoko rushes out to the posting
board to see who is no. 1 and when it's Naoki, she's
happy. Unknown to her, Naoki rushes to the board too
only he goes to see the results from the no. 100
instead of no. 1. Kotoko makes it into the top 100.
She gives him back the photo.
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Kinnosuke
and his friends follows Kotoko home and to their
shock, in front of the house the name "IRIE"
is written there. They also sees Naoki going into the
same house. The photos which shows Naoki and Kotoko
is exposed to teh school when she drops the envelope
containing them. As her friends confront her, she
reveals that she has been staying in Naoki's house.
During
lunch time, Naoki barges into the F-class, looking
for Kotoko. As it turns out someone has posted a
poster of Naoki and Kotoko sleeping together on the
school notice board. He scolds her for messing up his
life. Kotoko runs away crying.
At night,
when Naoki comes into Kotoko's room, he finds her
sleeping with the love letter that he had first
rejected. He reads the letter. The next day, in the
train to school, someone touches Kotoko's backside
again, only this time Naoki intervernes.
At home,
Kotoko is cooking for the family and as it turns out
she can't cook very well. Naoki makes fun of Kotoko
by reciting the letter that she has written to him.
In anger, Kotoko slaps him. Mama is excited to know
that Kotoko has always liked Naoki. When Kotoko's
friends come over to the house, Kinnosuke and Naoki
trade insults. At the end, Naoki tells Kinnosuke that
between them both, Kotoko places more importance on
him (Naoki). Mama then tells Kinnosuke "Thank
you" because Naoki has revealed his feelings (at
least in her eyes....).
The next
day in school, another poster is up. This time with a
drawing of Naoki saying, "Let's get married."
and Kotoko replying, "I'm so happy."
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There's a
short story entitled : "Bo Ri Ga Wa Ku" or
"I Will Cry" at the end of Vol. 1.
-Jennifer
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