Episode 1

* I Want to Be Seen as a Girl!
* A Terrifying Challenge

**I Want to Be Seen as a Girl!/A Terrifying Challenge** is the first episode of the anime series.

## Summary

### I Want to Be Seen as a Girl!

Before the start of the school year, Tomo confesses her love for Jun. However, he completely misinterprets the confession, as Jun thinks Tomo is a boy, but in reality, she's a girl.

Since they were kids, Tomo and Jun have been neighbors; however, they never went to the same school until they reached middle school. There, Tomo was shocked to realize that Jun always thought she was a man.

In her classroom at school, Tomo vents her frustrations to Misuzu, who claims she's getting just desserts for acting tomboyish all her life. However, Misuzu levels with Tomo and starts off by advising her to talk with a softer tone. Tomo would do this around lunch with Jun, but he claimed she sounded like an old man. This causes a scuffle between the two, where Tomo knocks Jun out after he grabs her collar.

After school, Tomo returns home and gets into a heated argument with her father about the scratches on her face from fighting Jun.

The following day, Jun and Tomo walk to school together, and Jun tries to patch things up between himself and Tomo. At first, Tomo acts abrasively when he fondles her, but they patch things up when Jun confesses his life would be too boring without her. On the other hand, Tomo notes that Jun is still unaware she's a girl.

During lunch, Misuzu asks why Tomo always eats with her when she walks to school daily with Jun. However, Jun claims that people would think they're dating, so Misuzu suggests they eat their lunch with Jun, much to Tomo's dismay. As they eat lunch with Jun, Tomo notes how Misuzu and Jun hate the other's guts. She also feeds the interested Jun a piece of her fried chicken, and his lips touch her chopsticks, making her unable to use them, without making it like an indirect kiss.

Afterward, Tatsumi approaches Jun and asks how "far" he's gone with Tomo. Again, however, Jun misinterprets Tatsumi's questions, which Misuzu overhears and facepalms over. She later informs Tomo on the school rooftop about the conversation between Tatsumi and Jun. The revelation infuriates Tomo, and she accosts and beats up Jun over the comments he told Tatsumi. As Tomo did that, Misuzu approached Tatsumi and clarified Tomo and Jun's relationship. Furthermore, she dissuaded Tatsumi from trying to hook them up, claiming she was the only one who could "play with them".

Pouring rain outside, Misuzu meets with Jun at the school entrance, who had also forgotten his umbrella. They planned to "fight" for one from Tomo, and as they waited for her, they reminisced about the old days when they played together. Their conversation then changes to why Jun hasn't joined any school clubs, and Misuzu strikes a nerve by mentioning the possibility of Tomo finding a boyfriend. Jun then pushed her into the rain.

When Tomo arrives, Misuzu insists that Tomo walk home with Jun, much to her chagrin. When they do, a scene where Jun notes how good Tomo smells occurs, causing Tomo to run away in a panic. Jun would soon regroup with her, but after seeing her soaking wet body, she returned her umbrella and frantically ran off, leaving Tomo confused about why.

### A Terrifying Challenge

Tomo has joined her school's karate club and spars against her senior, Kousuke, who internally notes his admiration for her as she kos him.

The two would later discuss why she joined the male karate club after being ostracized by the female one. To that, Kousuke compliments Tomo as being feminine which elates her, and asks what is so charming about her. Kousuke becomes flustered but answers that she's charming as she is. After school, Ogawa and Mifune, two of Kousuke's admirers, catch him with Tomo and declare they'll break the two up.

The following day, Misuzu informs Jun about Tomo's new "friend, who is a male". He later asks Tomo about him; however, when he's shown a picture of Kousuke, Jun thinks he's a girl.

Afterward, Ogawa and Mifune confront Tomo and demand that she meets with them after school behind the gym. Tomo interprets the confrontation as a fight challenge and warns them she doesn't like "half-ass fights", which terrifies the two. Ogawa and Mifune would later ask a couple of their classmates about Tomo, and they confess their fear of her. In the other classroom, Tomo talks to Misuzu about her altercation with Ogawa and Mifune. Misuzu claims they're not into a fistfight, but a debate and advises her on how to approach it.

After school at the designated location, Tomo meets with the terrified Ogawa and Mifune. They confess their admiration for Kousuke, and Tomo believes they wanted to ask her for love advice, which had her overjoyed with relief. As a condition for her help, Tomo asked Ogawa and Mifune to be her friend, and they agreed.

The following day, Tomo informs Misuzu about her encounter with Ogawa and Mifune and later gets roped into walking to the school store with Jun.

## Characters

* Tomo Aizawa
* Junichirou Kubota
* Misuzu Gundou
* Gorou Aizawa
* Akemi Aizawa
* Tatsumi Tanabe
* Kousuke Misaki
* Chiyomi Ogawa
* Naoko Mifune