"The Seven Wonders of the School 2"
Hello!
"The Seven Wonders of the School 2" This is aspiring intellectual, literary girl, Yashiro Nene!
"The Seven Wonders of the School 2" Literary?
I was in the library, looking through books in search of Hanako-kun's secrets.
There, I came upon rumors of the fifth of the Seven Wonders, the 4 O'clock Library.
If Hanako's book is there, I want to read it...
...but I don't want to go alone.
I'll go with you, Senpai!
"Apparition 6: The 4 O'clock Library"
"Library"
Hmm...
Sorry for dragging you along.
No sweat! I'd go through hell or high water for you, Senpai!
Plus, I'd like a look at his book myself.
You want to find out his weaknesses?
Really, Minamoto-kun, you're still hung up on exorcising Hanako-kun?
Yeah, well...
Kou.
There's no such thing as a good apparition.
I realized that I don't actually know the first thing about him.
So I thought it might not be right to exorcise him just 'cause he's an apparition.
Minamoto-kun...
In that case, I guess we both want to learn more about Hanako-kun.
We're birds of a feather.
Let's give it our best shot!
"Stunned"
Minamoto-kun?
"Stunned"
A butterfly?
Senpai!
Could this be the 4 O'clock Library?
Wow.
Another Boundary. This is a border between this life and the next.
We've got to watch out.
It's awfully dark.
--Oh. --Want one?
Thank you.
White books are for living people,
and black ones are for dead people, or so I heard.
So Hanako's book should be black.
A butterfly. It might lead us to something, like before!
S-Senpai? Wait!
"Yashiro Nene"
Is this... my book?
Then, everything I've done at school must be written in it.
"Yashiro Nene" "Contents" Then, everything I've done at school must be written in it.
"Yashiro Nene" "Contents"
"Yashiro Nene"
Today, Hanako-kun takes his hat off for the first time.
Seeing a different side of him sets my heart racing.
I express how I felt at the time in a poem.
A glimpse of bare face Even though you're not my type
So why, doushite Does my heart throb to know more
Of your mysterious...
Kokoro?
What's up?
I-It looks like the rumors are true!
This isn't Hanako-kun's book,
but I might learn something if I read the future part.
Yeah!
"Future"
A red page?
"Future" Oh, this marks where the future starts.
"Future" Finding out my future is a little scary, but...
Hey! What?!
"My first ever date Hand-in-hand round the food stalls" Hey! What?!
What does that mean?! With who?! How far do we--
"Brokenhearted when they part with an, 'I'm sorry, it won't work. Your legs are just too fat.'"
I'll just focus on clues about Hanako-kun.
"Learns the true identity of Wonder number seven"
This is...
Huh?
Red?!
How? It was white a minute ago!
More importantly, just a little more and I would have found out about Hanako-kun.
I'm just going to take a peek.
Hmm?
This is... Hanako-kun's real name.
"Five" This is... Hanako-kun's real name.
"Five"
Watch out!
Minamoto-kun?!
M-Me...?
Damn it! Bring it on!
Take this!
Oh, I forgot! Damn Hanako!
You called?
Hey there, you two.
Hanako-kun... you came to save us?
"Squeeze squeeze"
"Stare"
What?
Nothing.
What?!
Hey, what do you think you're doing?
S-Sensei?! What are you doing here?
Oh, look what you've done to my precious books.
Sensei, behind you!
Huh?
Quit your yapping.
Damn it, this is why I hate kids.
--Huh?
--The book's turned red. --Huh?
--The book's turned red.
Don't tell me, you read the future?
Well now...
Hey!
...what should I do with you?
Hmm?
Don't tease them.
Yeah, yeah, I know, Number Seven-sama.
I won't touch our boss's guests.
H-Hey, Hanako, what's going on?
Oh, I forgot to introduce you.
Wonder number five, the 4 O'clock Library.
And its manager, Tsuchigomori.
A teacher... is a Wonder?
I can't believe he's not human.
It's pretty common.
We apparitions can't exist if rumors about us die out.
It's important to spread your own rumors.
Some of your friends might not be human either.
What? Isn't that dangerous?
It's no big deal. We're here to make sure it's safe.
Yako-san? What are you doing here?
I was summoned by Number Seven-sama.
"Seven heroes working together" So, basically, we might scare humans,
"Seven heroes working together" but we seven heroes work together to keep the peace in this school.
"Seven heroes working together" I'm the leader!
But there're only three of you.
And Yako-san was attacking students until just recently.
They're talking about you, dumb fox.
Be quiet, gloomy spider. I'll bite you.
"Seven heroes working together"
"S̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ h̶e̶r̶o̶e̶s̶ w̶o̶r̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶o̶g̶e̶t̶h̶e̶r̶"
You don't even work together.
"S̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ h̶e̶r̶o̶e̶s̶ w̶o̶r̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶o̶g̶e̶t̶h̶e̶r̶" Not a single thing you said was right!
Oh, you guys.
Work. Together.
Yes, sir.
I guess he really is the leader.
So, we keep the peace at this school,
but it looks like one of the seven of us is a traitor.
Somehow, they've forged a bond with a human,
and they're spreading rumors about apparitions, altered to suit their needs.
Number Two is one of their victims.
Numberless small-fry apparitions are one thing,
but if they can change the rumors about a Wonder...
Then the culprit must be a human with ties to a Wonder.
Meaning there's someone else like me?
So, I had an idea.
We'll temporarily get rid of all Seven Wonders.
--Huh? --What?
Destroy a Wonder's Yorishiro and it loses its power.
That way, we don't have to worry about finding the traitor, or anyone going out of control.
Quite a reckless plan.
Once the problem's solved, I can just appoint them again.
So...
Tsuchigomori, hand over your Yorishiro.
No.
Or so I'd like to say, but I'm not fond of roughhousing.
If you demand my Yorishiro, I'll comply. But on one condition.
What condition?
Tell me your personal secrets.
What?!
Our s-secrets?
I'm an inquisitive apparition.
What will you do if they don't tell you? Fight me?
Of course not. I'll hand over my Yorishiro.
--But in revenge, I'll leak your embarrassing secrets over the PA system.
--Today, I would like to introduce a poem by Yashiro Nene-san. --But in revenge, I'll leak your embarrassing secrets over the PA system.
Do your best to entertain me...
...brats.
"Tsuchigomori"
H-Here I come!
My secret is that...
...i-in junior high, I kept an exchange diary with an imaginary boyfriend!
Three points.
"Shock" Why?!
First, I know that much.
Second, I don't care.
Third...
...you're lying.
I'm not--
Oh yeah?
Don't you still keep that diary?
And...
Dear Teru-senpai,
You were so handsome today
when you addressed the school assembly as student council president.
But you really shouldn't stare at me so much.
Our relationship is supposed to be a secret!
There was a school assembly. Everything else is pure delusion.
Oof.
You've been keeping an exchange diary with my brother, Senpai?
No!
The winner.
Senpai! Damn it, how dare you!
--Pitiful. --You were the one who dealt the finishing blow, boy.
Now it's my turn!
Yeah, yeah. Go ahead.
I... I'm...
...super scared of Setsubun oni masks!
Next!
What gives?!
That was my most embarrassing secret, too.
Damn it!
Hanako, you say something, too!
Me?
Hanako-kun's secret...
You want to know my secrets, Tsuchigomori?
Nah.
I guess I don't.
I know enough already.
Hear that? That's how it is, so I pass.
That's not fair!
Yeah, no fair, Hanako!
Oh?
Do you two want to know about me that badly?
We do!
Well, umm... Just one, okay?
I like...
Huh?
Donuts.
I like donuts.
I'm so embarrassed.
"Embarrassed" Donuts! He said donuts!
"Embarrassed" How about it?!
"Embarrassed" Are you two stupid?
It looks hopeless.
What kind? What's your favorite kind?
Regular.
Plain?
Where from?
Homemade.
Homemade?!
--Homemade donuts are tasty, huh?
--I see. --Homemade donuts are tasty, huh?
--I see. --Homemade...
--What do you see? --They really taste good, huh?
--Oh, I'd just never seen Number Seven-sama look like that. --C'mon, you must have something better than that.
--Oh, I'd just never seen Number Seven-sama look like that. --I like chocolate.
--Oh, I'd just never seen Number Seven-sama look like that.
Okay, brats, time's up!
P-Please, anything but the PA system!
I won't do that.
That was basically a joke.
Besides, I got to see something a little interesting.
Follow me.
I'll lead you to my Yorishiro.
But the only one I'll let go beyond this point is the priestess who will destroy the Yorishiro.
"Priestess"?
He means my assistant.
Not a chance, Spider-guy!
Leaving Senpai alone is too dangerous! I won't--
Well, Number Seven-sama?
Can't you trust me?
All right. Take good care of my assistant...
...Tsuchigomori-sensei.
Fine.
Hanako-kun.
Hey...
How is he?
Huh?
Number Seven.
Are things, you know... going okay?
"Fighting" "Sexual harassment"
Well... he's mean, and he does things to lead me on,
"Fighting" "Sexual harassment" so I get fed up with him sometimes,
but he always saves me, and he can be surprisingly kind...
I can't bring myself to hate him.
In fact, I think of him as a friend!
I see.
That's all right, then.
Was he worried about Hanako-kun?
Oh yeah, Sensei, I had a question.
What?
"Brokenhearted when they part with an, 'I'm sorry, it won't work. Your legs are just too fat.'"
"Brokenhearted when they part with an, 'I'm sorry, it won't work. Your legs are just too fat.'" Is it possible to change what's written in the books in the 4 O'clock Library?
"Brokenhearted when they part with an, 'I'm sorry, it won't work. Your legs are just too fat.'" Unfortunately, the future is basically impossible to change.
"Brokenhearted when they part with an, 'I'm sorry, it won't work. Your legs are just too fat.'" Ugh.
But I've seen it just once.
Seen what?
The moment the future changes.
We're here.
Whoa!
This is the deepest part of the Boundary?!
Wow! It's so pretty!
Which one of these is your Yorishiro, Sensei?
No, it's this one.
"Seal" No, it's this one.
"Seal" It's filthy!
"Seal" What are you calling "filthy"?
I told you that there was a human who changed the future written in his book, right?
I got this from him.
What kind of stone is this?
Oh...
It's a moon rock.
An imitation?
No.
It's genuine.
Do you know when humans first traveled to the moon?
I was given that rock the day after that historic day.
The day after?
You mean that person was... an astronaut?
As if. Of course he wasn't.
He was an ordinary human.
He loved stars and was a little awkward with words.
His grades... weren't great.
Now, you know how to destroy a Yorishiro?
How did that person's future change?
Well...
Hurry up. If we stay here, I'll end up saying more than I should.
"July 22 (Tuesday)" "Apollo 11"
Won't you come out and tell me already?
Every single day...
Who's doing this to you... Yugi?
You still won't tell me?
You've been like this since first year.
Your bruises don't fade. You've got no friends. You cut class.
Are you listening, Yugi Amane?
"Junior High School" "Yugi Amane" Are you listening, Yugi Amane?
You're so pushy, Tsuchigomori-sensei.
You little--
Listen. I'm worried about you.
About what? This?
It's totally fine.
I don't really mind.
Well, I do.
What reason could possibly justify hurting someone like--
It's fine!
Even if it's not justified...
...even if there's no reason...
...I don't mind.
Guess what, Sensei.
I've got a moon rock.
Huh?
It happened one night when I was four, I think.
It landed right in front of me.
Would you believe me if I said it's real?
No...
Yeah, I figured!
But we believe it's real.
Whatever anyone says, it's a moon rock.
"Apollo 11" How far apart do you think the moon and the Earth are?
It's... 380,000 kilometers!
"Earth" "Apollo 11" It's... 380,000 kilometers!
That means this rock traveled all that way from the moon.
Isn't that amazing?
It's my treasure.
Yugi, we're not talking about the moon, we're talking about--
Oh! Look!
Listen.
Sensei! You can already see the moon today!
Your bandage came loose.
Have you ever wanted to go to the moon, Sensei?
What?
I have.
The moon is so big and pretty.
So, I've got a feeling it's a great place.
Watch out!
Hey, Sensei, you're worried about me, right?
Yeah.
Then let me ask you one favor.
Fine.
Great.
Here, take this.
Isn't this your treasure?
Yup.
When I looked at this rock, I felt like I could go anywhere.
But I've made up my mind not to go anywhere ever again.
"Infirmary"
Are you awake now?
Sensei...
Yeah?
Was that...
You saw it with Number Two, too, right? The memories in the Yorishiro?
Then... the person you said changed his future was...
Yugi Amane. Who Number Seven used to be.
Who Hanako-kun used to be...
The day before that, humanity went to the moon for the first time.
Back then, going to the moon was just a pipe dream.
But it became reality.
So maybe any dream could come true.
We can become anything. We should be able to go anywhere.
While society was full of those hopes...
...he decided "not to go anywhere."
As his homeroom teacher, I was worried about him.
Or pretended to be.
Pretended?
Yeah.
I'd read the record of his future.
"Astronomy: Second Edition" "Yugi Amane" I asked him to tell me, but I already knew what was happening to him.
His book said that he would grow up to be a teacher.
Huh?
"Yugi Amane"
A science teacher. His love of stars developed.
And he'd teach at this school. If he'd lived, he'd be my coworker.
He wasn't... supposed to die like that, while he was still a brat.
Yugi Amane is the only human I know who changed his future.
He cut short his future and didn't go anywhere, just like he said.
He's still here as an apparition, the seventh of the Seven Wonders.
Well, that's all I can tell you for now.
If you want to talk again, I'll listen.
I may not be human, but I'm still technically your teacher.
"Pitter-patter pitter-patter"
"Bam"
Yashiro!
Hey!
"Whack thwack" Thanks for breaking the Yorishiro. We managed to keep the peace!
"Whack thwack" Back off!
Hanako-kun.
Ow.
Senpai?!
Yashiro?
He has no body heat.
I always knew that Hanako-kun was a ghost, that he's already dead...
...but I don't know what face to make.
There, there. Good girl.
Tsuchigomori.
What is it, Number Seven-sama?
Yashiro is acting kind of weird.
Did you tell her something you shouldn't have?
Let me think... I did tell her about my Yorishiro.
Hmm... Your Yorishiro.
Come to think of it, what was your Yorishiro?
What do you think?
"Something a librarian would treasure..."
"Kind-of Super Sexy"
A super dirty book.
"Kind-of Super Sexy" Wrong.
I figured.
You never change.
Huh?
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