The group is in Bahrain, a country just about the size of Tokyo’s 23 special wards, with 670 000 inhabitants. They decided to continue the trip without the pink van, because Omami cannot ride in a car for a while, so they’re looking for a cheap hotel.
Omami: 「That’s a hotel, right?」
The group quickly found a hotel.
Hide: 「I think it’d be better to choose one hotel and use it as a base.」
Hide’s idea was to stay at one hotel so the group wouldn’t have to carry heavy luggage around all the time.Takano and Arashi stepped forward as the group’s representatives.
Front desk clerk: 「How long do you intend to stay?」
Takano: 「Mmm, is he asking us if we want to stay upstairs or downstairs?」
Front desk clerk: 「How long do you intend to stay?」
Arashi: 「Aaaah, we’re here for sightseeing.」
Omami:「We want to three rooms. How much? For one person.」
Front desk clerk: 「A room for three is 25 Dinars.」
Omami:「Please discount? Please please」
Front desk clerk: 「It’s already cheap as it is!」
Omami:「With breakfast! NO?」
Front desk clerk: 「…OK」
Omami:「OK？He said OK!」
Thanks to Omami, the group got a 30% discount, with breakfast included
So she asked to talk to Hide right away.
Takano: 「You gave the ring we bought together in the UAE to Omami？」
Hide:「・・・the ring we bought together in the UAE？」
Flashback of Takano and Hide shopping in the UAE.
Takano 「 Please, please, 7 ， 7 ， 777 」
It was the ring Takano bargained on Hide’s behalf.Nevertheless, when he visited Omami in the hospital, he gave it to her.
Hide: 「This is for you, as a lucky charm…」
Omami:「A lucky charm? 」
Hide had given it to Omami when she was hospitalized to make her feel better and help her recover.
Takano: 「Yeah, it’s the one with the flower, right?」
Hide「Aaaah, the one with the flower… Yeah, I gave it to her…」
Takano: 「You gave it to her! Why’d you do that?」
Hide「Well, it’s like, eerrr, it’s… What a nice weather we’re having today…」
Takano「Yeah, it’s pretty hot…」
Hide「Yeah, it’s hot…」
Hide「・・・・・・・」
Omami and Takano hadn’t met in a long time, and when they did, both were wearing a ring from Hide.
That night, another of the girls (Mikarin) seemed down. The group is celebrating Omami’s recovery.
Omami:「Take it easy. Wow, Takano, you can really drink!」
In the whole group, only Mikarin didn’t seem to be in a good mood.
From Mikarin’s diary: “Omami couldn't see Suuzan (and everyone else) for a long time, and I think it was hard on her. So today I wanted to let her Omami with whoever she wanted.”
Mikarin wrongly thought Omami liked Suuzan.
Suuzan:「Let’s celebrate Omami’s recovery and her getting out of the hospital.」
Omami:「Yeah, great!」
Mikarin remembered one of Suuzan’s drawings, in which Omami was playing the guitar by the riverside, rounding her shoulders pretty much like a cat. And there he was, looking at her from the river. At the time he made the drawing, Omami said:「My guitar is too small, and I always round my shoulders like a cat because of that. It really looks like me. I’m really impressed.」
Suddendly, Mikarin started drinking.
Mikarin「C’mon, let’s drink up. Cheers、Arashi」
Omami:「Well, looks like Mikarin’s in her element.」
Mikarin:「CHEEEERS」
「Drink! Drink! Drink!」
Mikarin:「(drinking sounds)」
Suuzan:「(drinking sounds)」
An hour later…
Mikarin &Takano: 「You’re my friend, you’re my friend!」
Mikarin「Isn’t it great!」
Takano「Yeah, yeah, yeah!」
Takano「You know, I think you (and Suuzan) would make such a nice couple」
Mikarin「I swear they’re gonna put up our picture in the love bus. 」
At that moment:
Takano「Hey, what’s going on over there？」
Takano and Mikarin noticed a couple walking towards the beach.
Mikarin「Who, who’s that over there? Who’s with whom?」
Arashi「Errr, I think it’s TK and Omami」
Takano「Oh, ok!」
Mikarin「No problem, no problem」
Arashi「Really? Well, then, everything is cool.」
Mikarin「So, where’s Suuzan, anyway？」
Suuzan was sleeping underneath them.
Suuzan was thinking: “ Man 、 I still have Natchi on my mind. I know Mikarin has her eye on me, and I ’ d like to get closer to her, but since Natchi ’ s left I feel so empty. She took a part of me with her ”
Suuzan:「Natchi! It’s so complicated… Sensei! Am I such a wuss？」
The only thing Suuzan could do was eating some grass…
The next day, the group continued their journey on foot.Temperature: 37 C.
Mikarin「It’s so hot!」
TK「Yeah, it’s hot today.」
Takano「The woman at the reception looked so weak.」
The group walked for an hour before they could reach their destination.
Hide「You’ve heard about Adam and Eve, right？」
The group was going to a place where the real Garden of Eden was located. However, when they got there…
「Errr, where is it？」
「Here？」
TK「We’re looking for the Garden of Eden’s location.」
Security guards: 「It’s right here.」
「What?」
Unfortunatly, it was just a regular park.
Arashi「There’s nothing to see, here.」
Mikarin「What are they trying to pull?」
So they stayed in the “Garden of Eden” for a while.
Suuzan started to do karate.
Suuzan「KARATE！」
He showed his skills to the kids.
Then, asking the locals to pose for him, he started drawing.
Suuzan「Good？Good？Thank you.」
Then, Mikarin arrived.
Mikarin「Hey there!」
Suuzan「How the trip going for you, Mikarin?」
Mikarin「At first, I just wanted to have a good time with everybody, but at one point, I just wished it was over.」
Suuzan「I see.」
Mikarin「But you know、every day interacting with the others I think I got to learn a lot. Yeah, I’ve learned so many things.
When Mikarin was a high school student, she took a drawing class, but she gave it up. Although she was the kind of person to give up on things in which she had no self-confidence, she wrote the following in her diary: “When I go back to Japan I’ll take up drawing again. I want to make my own destiny.That’s what Suuzan taught me.” Regardless of what she thought of Suuzan, Mikarin had become determined to push forward with her life.
That night, by the seashore…
Omami:「You wanna go?」
Suuzan「Sure.」
Omami:「Great.」
For some reason, Omami had asked Suuzan to talk with her.
The conversation went like this:
Omami: 「You know, I‘ve noticed Takano was wearing Hide’s ring, so it’s hard for me to talk to him now」.
Meanwhile, Mikarin, who apparently thought Omami started to like Suuzan had no choice but to talk to Hide.
Mikarin:「Before Omami came back I didn’t feel like restraining my self, but when I saw her face, you know, I thought she must have longed to see everybody. It must have been so hard on her, and now I feel I can’t get in the way.」
Hide「Why don’t you be more aggressive? (literally: go to war)」
Mikarin「・・・・・」
Hide「Listen, it’s not like anything has been decided yet. If we can we have to nip it in the bud. Then, sincere love will grow from there.」
Mikarin「Yes, I’ll be more aggressive. Oh no, I’m not wearing any foundation.」
Hide「Who cares? Let’s go, let’s do it.」
Mikarin, encouraged by Hide, had decided to take matters into her own hands, but she started sobbing. In her diary she wrote:
Then Mikarin got a grip on herself.
Mikarin「Omami, do you mind if I borrow Suuzan for a while？」
Omami:「Sure.」
Suuzan「He, he, he, rental.」
Mikarin「Rental.」
Omami:「Say, you ok?？」
Finally, she was with Suuzan again.
Suuzan「Are you ok？」
Mikarin「Yeah, I’m fine.」
Mikarin「I wanted to talk to you, so I cut in. I hope it’s ok…」
Suuzan「・・・・・」
Mikarin「・・・・・」
But Mikarin couldn’t say anything else.
There’s only one thing she wanted to say, but she couldn’t.
The next day, Mikarin was seen walking towards the Love Bus.
Mikarin「I want to declare my intentions to Suuzan, so please give me the plane tickets.」
The rule of Ainori is that when one of the members chooses to declare his or her intentions to go back to
Mikarin「Goodbye.」
Place: The strategic
Suuzan「Hey.」
Mikarin「Hey.」
Suuzan「Isn’t this a great place?」
Mikarin「Yeah, it’s great. The ruins of Bahrain.」
Suuzan「Yeah, nice view. 」
Mikarin「I have to talk to you.」
Suuzan「Ok.」
Mikarin「I’m drawing a blank. It’s like, when I’m with you, I feel so good. I’m having a great time with you.」
Suuzan「Ok.」
Mikarin「And you know, when I got real drunk in the U.A.E.・・・」
Suuzan「Yeah, I remember.」
Mikarin「But the next day, your attitude towards me hadn’t changed. That made me so happy. I thought it was so mature of you. I also think the passion you have when you do something you like is so admirable. You have such balance in your life, and when you said that when you set your mind on something you just do it, I mean, when I heard your philosophy something changed in my mind.
Suuzan「I see.」
Mikarin「There’s many thing I wanna do, and I want to do my best to achieve my goals, now.」
Suuzan「I hear you.」
Mikarin「And I think being with you would even make me stronger. So there’s no doubt in my mind, I really think I like you. Yeah, I really like you.」
Suuzan「Thanks.」
Mikarin「Here, the plane ticket.」
Suuzan「Thanks.」
Mikarin「I don’t know who you have your eye on now, but if you’d come back to
Suuzan「Sure.」
Mikarin「See you then.」
Having said all that was on her mind, Mikarin left.
That night, Suuzan was thinking:
“I still have Natchi on my mind. I don’t think I can go back to Japan with such entangled feelings…”
Mikarin, unaware of Suuzan’s feelings, was thinking:
“I think there’s a 30% chance that he’ll say yes.”
Mikarin「I think even if he doesn’t agree today, he’ll sleep on it and tomorrow morning his natural passion will take over. Everything is possible, right? I want so much to become a couple and go back to
The last offensive...
An offensive unheard of in all of Ainori’s history, that’ll bring about a dreadful conclusion to this story
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Have you ever seen a boy and a girl in total shambles? |
“I’m not trying to avoid anything!” |
“I gotta be with you.” |
“You have to understand…” |
Next week is war! |
