Episode 4: Mahiro's New Friend

Mahiro encounters a friendly 'boy' who helps her at the supermarket with her shopping list. But is her new friend really a 'boy' ?

### Time Line

One lonely evening, then the next few days.

### Location(s)

The Oyama household / Shopping at the supermarket / Mahiro's bedroom.

### Transition Highlights

Two teenage girls point out the cute couple at the supermarket. Mahiro acknowledges that she is the authentic girl of the couple, so Momiji must be the boy, right ? Mahiro has already found out that she is not aroused anymore by the male oriented XXX videos and games in her bedroom.

ONIMAI: I'M NOW YOUR SISTER

EPISODE 4 OF THE ANIME

(Manga Cross-reference---Chapters 11, 12, & 13 and Omake 12.5)

## Previously

A necessary activity for Mahiro to begin to develop, after been a shut-in for about two years, are social skills and friendship attributes. This happens when a friend of Mihari's from middle school, Kaede, comes to the Oyama household for a visit. Kaede takes an instant liking to Mahiro, and Mahiro, for her part, submits to the attention and kindness that Kaede offers. As part of the making of a friend, Kaede shows Mahiro how a girl uses makeup to make herself more attractive. Later, the two siblings, plus Kaede go shopping for swimsuits at the Mall. Afterwards, they take in a movie. Yet Mahiro does not make it to the ladies room in time, however, Kaede helps correct the situation. Mihari catchs a cold the next day from sitting in the theater's ice cold A/C. In a surprise move, Mahiro tries to not only do some of the household duties that Mihari always does, but cooks a bland rice porridge for Mihari to eat. Mahiro is making progress in discarding her unworkable 'manhood', and following the fulfilling life of a typical happy teenage girl.

## This Episode's Story

One Sunday morning, instead of playing video games, Mahiro, for a change, is watching a TV program typically aimed at 6 to 12-year-old little girls, *Magical Girl Nicolara*. Battle Maiden Nicolara is confronting a monster, and with her scepter, calls up her Special Move, *Smile Hurricane*, which easily defeats the monster. Surprisingly, Mahiro finds that she prefers this kind of program to what she used to watch (as a 'male'). Scanning backward in the program, Mahiro again watches Nicolara's Henshin (Transformation Sequence), called, *Happiness Full Field* ! So impressed and enamored, Mahiro grabs a rolled up anime poster, and using it like a scepter, tries to mimic Nocolara's, *Smile Hurricane* access sequence. Just then, Mihari enters her bedroom, and sees Mahiro trying to imitate the actions of an anime girl on TV. The only thing that Mihari could think to do is mimic the monster, shouting, **"YOU GOT ME !!!"** Mahiro instantly freezes up with abject embarrassment, and absentmindedly drops her 'scepter'.....

>>>>>>>ANIME OPENING SEQUENCE<<<<<<<

Breaking into tears (of joy?), Mihari exclaims that you, Mahiro, are showing the attributes of a little girl, right down to your choice of entertainment lately ! Mahiro swiftly points out that some guys like little girl's programs, too !?! Moving on, Mihari soberly tells Mahiro that she is at a major point in her scientific research, and therefore, will be working all day today at the University, and will spend the night there, too. She will be back sometime tomorrow. And she wants Mahiro to watch over the house while she is gone. Mahiro exhales, and tells her to go ahead, after all, she is a Professional In-Home Security Guard.

"All righty....", intones Mihari. She next wants to know if Mahiro can prepare her own meals ? The response is that she can eat stuff bought from the convenience store nearby. Cleanup the house ? Maybe, but she can't guarantee it ! So, then, I'll be off ! And with that, Mihari goes out the front door, but then opens it again, asking if Mahiro will really be okay ? Fine, fine, quit worrying, assures Mahiro. Mihari tells herself that she has a bad feeling about this, but nonetheless, leaves.

Seconds later---"FREEDOM AT LAST !!!", loudly echos throughout the house !

"Time to loaf around the house!", proclaims Mahiro, flopping down onto the couch. Maybe she should change her clothes ? Sure, why not ! Changing into an oversized male t-shirt, and wearing nothing more than her white panties, Mahiro first decides to play video games in the front room ! However, as time passes by, she finds that her 'game play' becomes way off, losing more than winning, and turning the video games into a source of boredom and disappointment. Next, she turns to reading manga. Yet after a while, Mahiro finds that she becomes ever more sleepy, and can't focus on her reading. She bemoans that Mihari has been taking care of her in everything, since she became a girl. That reminiscing only makes Mahiro feel lonely, and she tries to snap herself out of it.

So, Mahiro knows what to do next, **"I'm gonna order food !"** Soon, a huge delivery is sent to the Oyama house. Leaving the front room littered with video games and tossed about manga, the kitchen becomes lavished with quite a spread---

**"NOW, THIS IS A REAL FEAST !!!"**

With a tremendous banquet set before her of several varieties of pizza, French Fries, Chicken Nuggets, 2 liter Cokes, and so on, Mahiro digs in ! Just like royalty ! However, cramming food down so fast, Mahiro soon chokes, and has to drink water to clear her throat. And with that, her mood suddenly changes to sadness, and the feast is left to posterity, with the kitchen sporting a real mess now ! Night finally comes, 'creeping like a nun'. I'll just take a bath and go to sleep, becomes her lifeless, souless proclamation.

Late the next morning, a hearty, "I'm home !", is heard throughout the house from Mihari ! Mahiro is found in her darkened bedroom, kneeling on her futon, still wearing the now dirty nightshirt and panties, and looking like 'death warmed over'. Mihari's only comment is that Mahiro apparently did not properly dry her long hair before going to bed. Dropping everything, Mihari begins to comb out Mahiro's damp, matted hair. "I knew you would be hopeless without me around !", is soothingly said by Mihari. When done, Mahiro, without a word, buries her face into Mihari's lap, with tears coming to her eyes. Mihari is quite surprised, and wants to know if something is wrong ? Mahiro, realizing the intimacy and abject familiarity of the situation, turns her tear stained face away and merely says, "Baka" (lit. 'Stupid')" !

>>>>>>>ANIME EYECATCH (Mahiro and Mihari are wearing identical 'little girl' style blouses, western ties, and skirts, and are both taking selfies of one another.) (Momiji is leaning on a fence, next to her bicycle, and dressed like a boy.)<<<<<<<

Next morning, all seems well, as Mahrio and Mihari are playing a sumo wrestling video game together. Mahiro cries out in passion and ardor.......but loses the game to Mihari anyway. Therefore, Mihari insists that Mahiro go to the supermarket all by herself, for the items that she has written down on this notepad sheet ! That was the agreement. Mihari gives her sister money and the shopping list, telling her that she can buy candy with the change. "What am I, a little girl ?", exclaims Mahiro ? (out of the mouth of babes !) A little while later, Mahiro is going out the front door, shaking like a leaf (after a 2 year recluse, she is still not used to being out in public, much less dressed as a cute teenage girl !). Mihari wishes her well, as she muses that Mahiro now is going out in public more often, and helping around the house, too. Maybe she will turn out to be a happy girl, and become a wonderful wife of a modern-day Prince Charming. Not likely, yet, well, one can dream....

Today, Mahiro is wearing a pretty, pink, short-hemline dress with bare shoulders, but with a white cami underneath, bare legs and white girl's sandals. Peeking around the corner at the supermarket, she bemoans the fact that there are so many people around ! She begins to shiver, and drops to her knees in fear, as an onlooker takes notice of what is happening. Approaching her, a young 'boy', wearing a gray t-shirt and bib overalls, and wearing a baseball cap on backwards, asks if she is okay ? Is she is sick, does she have a fever ? Mahiro gets up, as the 'boy' puts 'his' hand on Mahiro's forehead, but there is no fever. The 'boy' asks if anything is bothering her and can 'he' help ? Mahiro only gives 'him' a soulful wail of melancholy, and drops to her knees again  !

Inside the supermarket, Mahiro and the 'boy' are seen together, pushing a shopping cart. Mahiro apologizes to the 'boy' for all the trouble she must have caused, burdening 'him' with her troubles. 'He' merely states that 'he' is about the same age as her, and knows that crowds can be scary at times.

Mahiro's dignity crumbles as she acknowledges that she was imposing upon a 'boy' that she has never seen before. Turning to the shopping list that Mahiro gives to the 'boy'---beef, pork, potatoes, carrots, onions, noodles---is cheap meat on sale okay ? Tensions are eased as the two discuss how to buy the best ingredients. Upon walking past a couple of older teenage girls, unexpected comments are over-heard---

"Look, isn't that so cute ? Those two tween kids look and act just like a boy and girl romantic couple !"

"Stop talking like that about people you don't know!"

Mahiro is taken aback, as she realizes that she is the girl in the 'romantic couple' right now ! "Why am I so flustered?", confesses Mahiro. Once again, the 'boy' asks Mahiro if she is okay ?

Coming out of the supermarket, Mahiro is puzzled and thinking to herself. "For a second there, my body and soul had a mind of its own, a feminine one at that ! She awkwardly tells the 'boy' that she has to go now. Then, turning to go, the 'boy's' cell phone rings, and the 'boy' tells the caller that 'he' is in front of the supermarket with a friend.

"Friend ?", exclaims Mahiro to herself.

"There you are, Momiji ! And your friend is Mahiro-chan ?", comes a familiar voice.

"KAEDE-CHAN !", shouts Mahiro. She silently begins thinking to herself. That's right, Kaede-chan at one time said that she had a little sister . . . . . . little sister . . . . . ."

"YOU'RE A GIRL ???", shrieks Mahiro, staring directly at the 'boy'!

"Do I really look that boyish ?", timidly asks Momiji?

"You could at least wear a skirt once in a while...", comments Kaede, as she removes the backward facing baseball cap and spins it around her finger.

"Thank goodness, she's a girl !", utters Mahiro in bountiful relief.

Early that evening, eating the stew made from the ingredients that Mahiro had obtained from the supermarket, Mahiro relates to Mihari how she met Momiji, Kaede's little sister. Mihari states that she is a good kid, and should be in middle school by now. Mahiro offers that she felt at bit uneasy, as she had to face her new social gender expression, being a girl and all that entails. Surprised, Mihari asks if Mahiro is 'attracted to little girls'? "No, not like what you're thinking!", rebukes Mahiro, "Socially and emotionally, Momiji and me are the same age. However, does that make me a Yuri girl?"

>>>>>>>ANIME EYECATCH (Momiji dressing for school in the girl's middle school uniform.)<<<<<<<

A few days later, in the late afternoon, Kaede and Momiji pay a visit to the Oyama household. Mihari is serving drinks for the two guests. Mahiro trolls down the stairs and comes upon the scene, and is puzzled by Kaede's presence, and this new girl with her. For a second time Mahiro is buffaloed by this person. The cute little girl *IS MOMIJI !* Could this be the 'boy' that helped her that day at the grocery store, now wearing a cute blouse and jumper dress school uniform ? Yes, that is who she is, but Mahiro remarks that she did not recoginze Momiji wearing a dress ! Kaede has to study for an upcoming test at school, with Mihari acting today as a tutor. Both came here directly from school. Kaede implors Mahiro, asking her if she could please take Momiji to her room and play with her for a while ?

Terror strikes at the heart of Mahiro, as she begs for a few seconds before Momiji enters her bedroom. Rushing upstairs, Mahiro confronts the awful mess that has blanketed her bedroom. Yet in a matter of moments, and with a Hurculean effort, Mahiro throws many of the XXX DVD's back on the wall shelf, and covers the whole shelf with a blanket. Then, she throws the rest of the XXX games and videos into a couple of cardboard boxes, stuffs them into the walk-in closet, and forces the closet door closed. Numerious reminantes of old food and pizza boxes are tossed into a waste can. A cleanup, more or less, done in record setting time !

Momiji is ushered into the revamped room. Sitting on the floor at a low table, Momiji is thrilled, as she examines one of Mahiro's many game controllers, with Mahiro looking on and shaking like a leaf. What is she to do with a middle schooler in her room ? Momiji kicks things off with a comment, "Your room is surprisingly boyish !" Momiji gets up and begins to look around, however, Mahiro quickly changes the subject by asking Momiji, "Do you not like wearing skirts and dresses ?" "I don't dislike them, but isn't it somewhat breezy walking in them ?", is Momiji's comeback. Mahiro silently agrees. Momiji says that skirts do not necessarily suit her, but Mahiro objects, stating that wearing skirts and dresses make her look ever so cute ! Momiji declares that it is Mahiro who is the one who looks fantastically cute, and Mahiro sorta admits to it, but says that is not the point. To that, Momiji takes it upon herself to begin tickling Mahrio, as both of them end up kneeling on the futon.

Mahiro bursts out in laughter. "Is this what girls do when they interact with one another ?", Mahiro thinks to herself. Peals of laughter by both of them continue, until Mahiro becomes so weak from laughter, that she falls toward the closet door. Striking it, the door bursts open, and myards of video games and DVD's explode out of the closet, and fall everywhere. A dazed and confused Mahiro falls back onto the futon, looks upon Momiji, and nonchalantly tells her to try wearing tights under her dresses and skirts. Momiji, for her part, picks up a random manga, and apoligizes for the mess that she caused with her tickling. Looking at the manga (an XXX hentai manga), Momiji is quite surprised and shocked, wherein Mahiro is jolted out of her skin, and swipes the manga away from Momiji. **"DON'T LOOK AT THAT !"** But not before Momiji concludes what it is from her brief look at the cover and title, "That's so lewd .....", cries Momiji ! *How do I explain this ???*, thunders through Mahiro's mind ? "That belongs to my brother...", is the dupe that comes out of Mahiro's mouth. One after another hoax spills out, and strikes her like arrows to her heart ....... This was my big brother's room; I'm just using it for the time being ....... He is at University ....... He lives by himself far away ....... "Your brother ***likes*** this kind of ***stuff ?"*** , inquires Momiji? I never threw anything away, is the ashamed reply, as Mahiro breaks out into tears as she lays prone on her futon.

Momiji is understanding, but rebukes Mahiro nonetheless, saying that all this **stuff** should not be left just laying around. Momiji now takes command. "This isn't good at all. At least put away all of the XXX items, the really bad stuff ! I'll help you ! There are empty boxes right over there !" Mahiro is nonplussed, but can say nothing. After some time has passed, and after much blood, sweat, and tears, the boxes are full, and taped shut. "Farewell, my Comrades...You are being sent to Siberia, not to the gallows...", is all that Mahiro can silently say to herself. She notes that she has not been reading any of them since she became a girl, anyways. Now to put them in the closet, declares Momiji, as she attempts to lift up one of the heavy boxes, and carry it walking across the futon. Mahiro chases after her to help her, but instead, trips on the edge of the futon, and crashes into the back of Momiji, causing her to drop the box. It makes a loud bang as it hits the floor ! Momiji stumbles off balance, and somehow lands on top of Mahiro, who had fallen backward onto the futon. Momiji now is kneeling on the futon, right above Mahiro, looking downward. Mahiro is lying prone on the futon, looking upward towards Momiji. Both Momiji's hands have come to grasp Mahiro's modest breasts, gripping them. In the complete silence engulfing the both of them, heartbeats can be heard like the ticking of a time bomb.

Like a shock wave, the door to Mahiro' bedroom is slammed open, as Mihari bolts in to see what the crash was all about ? "What happened ?", belts out Mihari? Another few moments of silence go by, before, ***"It's not what it looks like !"***, is all that Mahiro can spit out. "I expected it to be the other way around", is Mihari's only comment. Kaede comes up to the two as they untangle from one another. "Already acting beastly, are we ?", offers Kaede. The two only grin with smiles a mile wide !

That evening, outside on the sidewalk, Kaede is thanking Mihari for her time and effort with the tutoring. Mihari wishes Kaede that she do well on her upcoming test. Momiji then turns to Mahiro and says goodby to her. After Kaede and Momiji have left, Mihari spoofs Mahiro on making a new friend, a middle schooler to boot ! A middle schooler, protests Mahrio. Why, you, Mahiro, although not physically, nonetheless, are mentally and emotionally about the same age as Momiji, points out Mihari. Mahiro silently reminds herself of the cringe worthy event of the day, that she accidentally got her boobs felt by a middle schooler !

Walking together, Kaede asks Momiji what they did for play today ? Momiji says that it is a secret. Yet Momiji remarks that Mahiro is such a cool, fun friend !

>>>>>>>ANIME ENDING SEQUENCE<<<<<<<

## Episode Lookback and Commentary

Omake (Extra) video clip following the Anime Ending Sequence--

That evening, Momiji is at home, taking a shower. In the shower stall, she turns off the hot water, then reminisces about what happened earlier that afternoon. She ended up feeling Mahiro's modest boobs. They were, "soft and squishy...". Conversely, she bemoans that she still has a flat chest.

(End Episode 4)

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