Episode 31

## Kazuya and Girlfriend

**"Kazuya and Girlfriend"** (和也と彼女, *Kazuya to Kanojo*?) is the seventh episode of the third season of the *Kanojo, Okarishimasu* anime adaptation.

## Plot

It's August 26th and Kazuya had handed over the movie footage to the editors, so that they can complete the movie, which is scheduled for the end of September. His doorbell then rings and as he opens Ruka happily wishes her happy birthday. She gets inside and tells him to get his swimsuit ready.

They go to a public pool. Seeing her in a swim suit, Kazuya gets quite excited. All other guys are also staring at her, which makes Kazuya wonder what she sees in him. Kazuya then excuses himself and goes to the bathroom. Ruka intends to use her birthday to get them closer and make his heart race. When he returns, Ruka asks him to put sunscreen on her back. Kazuya hesitates, but agrees. As he touches her, she squeals. Kazuya then states he can't do it if she is going to squeal, but Ruka apologizes, stating that the sunscreen was a bit cold. Kazuya proceeds, but as he gets too excited, he decides to do it quickly and go into the water, however after he is done with her back, she asks him to put sunscreen on her legs too. He is again against it, but ends up accepting. As he does it, he wonders how far up the leg he needs to go, but decides to go to the bikini, so that Ruka doesn't yell at him, however he is then out of sunscreen and quickly excuses himself and goes into the water. A bit later, Kazuya buys her an ice cream, which she quite likes.

Later they go to a hotel restaurant to eat dinner. There Ruka tells Kazuya its should be about time that he gives her his present. Kazuya is surprised and states he didn't get her one. That angers Ruka, who starts calling him names and wondering how could he not buy his girlfriend a birthday present. Kazuya didn't want to get her one, so that she doesn't get any weird ideas. After dinner, they go to a seaside park. Kazuya notices that during night there are a lot of couples there and wonders if Ruka planned this, but she quickly denies it, but he realizes that she is lying. Kazuya apologizes for the events so far, but tells her that she doesn't need to go out of her way for someone like him. Ruka then slaps him and states she isn't doing that due to him and Chizuru, but because its her dream. She is a girly girl and want the princess treatment on her birthday. She feels Kazuya is the one she waited for and thinks of her first boyfriend as a prince who will grant her her wishes. Kazuya feels that she is really a nice girl and apologizes for involving her with the movie. Ruka then asks him if he prefers Yamanote Line or Chuo Line. Kazuya states its Chuo Line and Ruka explains that one time she wanted to ride for longer on the train, so she took the Yamanote Line, since it takes longer to reach the same destination. She felt it was pointless, but then she saw the sakura trees at the river and fell in love. Ever since then, she has been taking the Yamanote Line during the summer. Her pointless detour ended up bringing wonderful new encounters and experience. She was thinking the same about the movie, wondering why she is doing it, but she ended up having a great time while watching the staff filming it. Kazuya feels that she is even more pure-hearted than he believed.

They leave the park and Ruka wants to hold hands. She sees a couple where the man gives a present for their first anniversary. Ruka then stops and tells Kazuya that she really wants a present after all. She is fine with it not being anything material, and wants permission to call him "Kazuya". Since its normal for couples to address each other casually, Kazuya agrees. Ruka then gets happy and starts calling his name in each sentence she says.

Chizuru visits Sayuri at the hospital and gives her a new pajama for her 77th birthday. Sumi had seen Chizuru getting into the hospital and decides to visit Sayuri too. She meets Chizuru there and explains that she also helped handing out flyers. Sumi wonders what happened with the movie and Chizuru explains that they are done filming and now the movie is being edited. Sumi gets happy and states that Kazuya was giving his all and wanted to help Chizuru and Sayuri. The two wouldn't have been able to do this project without each other. Chizuru then introduces Sumi to Sayuri, who feels quite nervous and after greeting Sayuri, Sumi leaves. Sayuri tells Chizuru that she was always serious and unapproachable, but after she started dating Kazuya, she got a lot more people in her life. Chizuru then reveals that the movie is done filming and they also have a screening date. Sayuri is happy to hear that and agrees to come on the premier. She also mentions that Kazuya must have worked quite hard and put all his soul into it. Chizuru then starts explaining how unprepared he was and didn't know how to do anything, yet he insisted on doing those things. She also ends up mentioning how she chased the cicada and fell into the river, and since he was wet and they only having female clothes, he had to change into female clothes while going home. As she tells this story, Chizuru starts to smile and laughs. Sayuri then asks her if she knows when a true love begins and explains its when you are having the time of your life when you are talking about the other person.

## Characters

* Kazuya Kinoshita
* Ruka Sarashina
* Sumi Sakurasawa
* Chizuru Ichinose
* Sayuri Ichinose