Episode 5

**Rich Girls Are Not Fair** *(*お嬢様はずるい, *Ojō-sama wa Zurui)* is the **fifth** episode of Wakaba＊Girl.

## Synopsis

*Mao gets depressed when she thinks the boy she has a crush on likes a rich girl from another school. In hopes of impressing him, she attempts to emulate Wakaba.*

## Summary

Mao sighs while making her way to school, very depressed as Wakaba greets her at the shoe locker while presenting a "*rich girls smile*". Mao attempts to shrug off her concerns but finds it impossible.

In class, Mao cries while complaining over how easy wealthy girls have things and drinking a can of cola. Her friends and some classmates observe her with concern, while Wakaba attempts to emulate her with a can of tea. Mao confesses that there is a boy she sees on the train on the way to school and how she "*kind of likes him*". Every day she often stands nearby him -and occasionally takes pictures- but today, she saw a pretty girl from *Water Lily Academy* standing next to him. They were talking in a way she believed to be intimate, and she knows she wouldn't stand a chance against someone like her. The girls attempt to tell her not to give in so easily, but seeing how discouraged she is, Nao claims to understand the feeling and she maturely tells the girls how they can prevent heartbreak- namely switching to 2D media like manga.

Mao doesn't approve of this idea, but she does come up with one. Because her family won't be able to become wealthy suddenly, she just needs to gain a rich girl persona. The girls remember that Wakaba is a rich girl so she can probably help them, but seeing her space out, Mao decides to make an Observation notebook and follow her around.

With that the girls begin to trail Wakaba as she elegantly walks down the hallway. Mao continues to observe her during class when she watches as Wakaba is asked to answer the question on the board but she somehow falls asleep in the process. During break she looks over Wakaba's lunch of convenience store rice balls, and comes to the conclusion that rich girls probably enjoy getting to experience commoners food and wonders if instant ramen would suffice. Then later she finds Wakaba feeding bread crumbs to some "*little birds*", which are later revealed to be crows.

At the end of the day the girls split up at the path, but Mao refuses to quit and they continue following Wakaba until reaching her large, fancy home. Mao is overwhelmed by its appearance; as well as Wakaba's remark that she owns at least fifty dresses when they find her speaking to her sister.

By now, Mao is beginning to feel hopeless and she calls it quits, turning to leave for home. Nao asks if she will still be going through with it the following day, but Mao refuses to change who she is. Besides, it's hard to compete with an *ultimate rich girl* for a friend.

The following day Mao heads to school in a bright mood, which goes noticed by Nao and Moeko as they stand in wait for her and Wakaba. They observe that she has braided her normally clipped fringe and tied it with a ribbon as she greets them; and they watch as Wakaba does the same once again. Mao explains that she realized something. Although Wakaba may be the ultimate rich girl, she must be the *Ultimate of Ultimate's* because *she* has been copying her. With that, she suggests to Wakaba that they take off for school and they break into a sprint, with Nao and Moeko trailing behind.

## Trivia

* The spring/summer uniform makes it's debut in this episode.