Episode 4

**Be A Good Student** (おりこうさんになろう) is the fourth episode of the anime of *Migi and Dali*.

## Synopsis

The twins learn that the Ichijo house has rooms with water flea wallpaper. They try to befriend Eiji Ichijo to learn more about their mother's murder. In school, they try to earn high grades to get into the advanced class that Eiji is in. Dali assumes the role of a girl named Sali to encourage Migi to study harder to get good grades.

## Plot Summary

Migi, playing the role of Hitori, is introduced to Mrs. Mitsuyama, a long time friend of Youko, who cleans the Sonoyama home. She asked to be call Micchan and calls Hitori "cute as a canary", intimidating him with questions. They learn that she cleans the homes of other people in the village, and when asked about what other homes are like, she says it would be inappropriate to discuss the details of other people's homes. They tease Hitori about the fact that he wears stripped underwear.

Irate about being teased about his underwear, Migi rants and disparages them, mimicking their voices. Dali finds that Migi is really good at impersonating Youko's voice, and with Migi impersonating Youko, they trick Mrs. Mitsuyama into revealing that the Ichijo home has rooms with water flea patterned wallpaper.

Hitori is brought to his first day of school, with Migi riding the bus and Dali getting to school by bicycle. Hitori is placed in the same class as Akiyama, who hugs Hitori to learn this. Eiji Ichijo is in the top class for gifted students and is the class president. Classmates identify Hitori as having lived in an orphanage, and Hitori tells Akiyama to stay away from him out of concern that Akiyama will be bullied for associating with him.

Encountering Eiji in the bathroom with peers, Hitori claims that Eiji is his friend, but Eiji sees that Hitori is from the lowest ranked class and pretends to not know him. Finding that they will not be able to make friends with Eiji unless they are in the same class for gifted students as him, the twins try to get good grades, but struggle to do so, even as they separate the coursework so that they can each focus on different classes.

Migi falls in love with a girl from school named Sali who has long, dark hair and eyes that remind him of their mother. Dali narrates that he put on a girl's wig and uniform to be able to study at school unnoticed while Migi was in classes at school. He did not expect that Migi would be attracted to Sali, but he decides to use this to his advantage to trick Migi into studying harder. Sali says that she would consider him if he gets 100% on his exams. Migi stresses himself out studying, but manages to get 100% on his exams in Japanese and English such that she agrees to go on a date with him.

They go to the aquarium for a date, and Migi buys Sali a necklace with two dolphins. Dali does not want to continue to lead Migi on, so informs him that she will need to move away. The necklace breaks and Migi suggests that they each keep a dolphin to remember each other. When Migi comes home from the date crying, Dali comforts him.

At school, Eiji is inspecting other student's belongings while Hitori is in gym class. He finds the snowflake button among Hitori's clothes and identifying this as unacceptable.

## Characters

* Migi
* Dali
* Youko Sonoyama
* Osamu Sonoyama
* Mrs. Mitsuyama
* Shunpei Akiyama
* Eiji Ichijo
* Maruta Tsutsumi