Episode 24

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**It's just White day. / It has just been one year.**" is the twelfth and final episode of the second season of the Komi-san wa Komyushou Desu anime series.

## Synopsis

It's White Day, and Tadano visits Komi's house to deliver his present to her, and he meets Komi's father there. An epic eraser war happens on chance and Komi seems to draw the most attention during it.

## Summary

### It's just White Day.

Tadano sits in his room and reflects on the time that Komi gave him the chocolates for Valentine's Day and considered what he should get for her on White Day. However, he has never given a White Day gift before, and thus has no idea what to give her. Hitomi walks in on him thinking this over, and with no one else to turn to, he decides to ask her for advice. She initially thinks it’s for Katai, and not wanting her to think it’s for Komi, he claims that that is the case, but his nervous reaction causes Hitomi to deduce that it's for the shadowy figure she spotted on Valentine's Day. Deciding to help him properly while they both still pretend they are talking about Katai, Hitomi sits Tadano down and asks him if the chocolates were platonic or romantic. Tadano insists they were platonic, but Hitomi claims “Katai” may have said that to avoid embarrassment. She then asks him to tell her if he likes or does not like the person. After some prodding, Tadano finally gets around to saying that he likes them (albeit still not in a romantic sense). However, knowing what he feels deep inside, Hitomi advises him to get a gift that will last a while, and offers to accompany him to the department store to buy a gift and sweets. Meanwhile, their mother spies in on them and assumes it is ACTUALLY for Katai.

White Day happens to fall on a Saturday, so the guys in class give out their gifts on March 13th instead of White Day itself The day starts with Chiarai, Shinobino, and Sonoda all trying to give Komi some true love chocolates, only to be pushed out of the way by Yamai, who as a follow-up to her head-shaped chocolate gives Komi a candy sculpture shaped like her naked body. Katai, also gives Katou some chocolates, which pleases her and also amuses Sasaki (while at the same time, Katai is immensely flustered by the gesture). Katai then goes over to Komi (who is once again intimidated by him), but instead of giving her chocolates, he gives her a book on bodybuilding, hoping to repay her “lessons” with some of his own, but Komi is instead left confused and horrified. After this, Tadano then tries to ask Komi out for dinner after school. Komi assumes he is asking her on a date and is thrilled, but Tadano - due to his nervousness and also worried something will happen on Friday the 13th - turns the gesture over to Katai instead, saddening and shocking Komi. Katai, meanwhile, assumes this means Tadano is asking him out and is flabbergasted, but his assumptions are nullified when Tadano also invites Naruse and Kometani, and they all go get beef teriyaki together.

Because he chickened out and was eating out that evening, Tadano is forced to visit
Komi's home to deliver her gift on White Day itself. He ends up holding off until the evening, and once there, Tadano loiters outside for several minutes in sheer nervousness, but eventually rings the doorbell and Shousuke answers. Tadano introduces himself, only for Shousuke to hang up on him. Rather than Shousuke, Shuuko opens the door and informs Tadano that Shouko went to run an errand. Tadano offers to come back later, but Shuuko - determined to get him and her daughter together - intimidates Tadano into coming inside and wait in Shouko’s room for her to get back. After getting him “settled” in, Shuuko leaves to bring him tea, but instead Masayoshi brings the tea, terrifying Tadano. Masayoshi proceeds to sit down and take a sip of the tea himself. Tadano then breaks under the pressure, introducing himself and explaining his relationship with Komi (unaware that Masayoshi simply wanted to introduce himself). At that moment, Komi comes back home and is mortified to find her father with Tadano and her room unkempt, so she pushes Masayoshi out and hastily cleans her room. Once this is settled, the two of them sit awkwardly together keenly aware of what is happening (with Tadano getting so nervous that he drinks the same tea Masayoshi drank). Eventually, Tadano summons the courage to give Komi her White Day present: a can of hand cream, which Komi very much likes. Komi then finds a small piece of candy, which unbeknownst to Tadano stands for “I love you”, surprising and touching Komi. Before she can question him about it though, Tadano becomes nervous again and decides to leave under the pretense of not wanting to disturb Komi on her weekend. After he leaves, Komi ponders the candy, and returns to her room. There she tries on the hand cream, and is content to find it smells nice.

### It has just been one year.

The school year comes to an end, and everyone in Class 1-1 begins doing the last bit of cleaning up before they head home. While doing this, Tadano notices that Komi is acting downcast, but before he can question this, Najimi distracts them by flicking an eraser off Tadano’s desk and onto the ground. They then suggest “Eraser Drop” as a final game before school ends: the objective is to use your eraser to flick your opponents’ erasers off the battleground, with the last one standing being the winner. Ten-year-veteran of Eraser Drop Yadano joins in with the three and they use Tadano's desk as the battleground, while Najimi and Kometani both provide play-by-play to the audience. Yadano attempts to give herself an advantage by smooshing her eraser to the desk for added traction, while Komi flicks hers way too softly. In the next round, Najimi, Yadano, and Tadano all get disqualified when they flick theirs so hard that their erasers fall out of bounds, making Komi the default winner. Komi and Najimi immediately get ready for Round 2, only for them to be joined by Nakanaka and Yamai. Their intense battle ends up creating a buzz that draws in a crowd and more players for the next match. Before Tadano can blink, a full-blown tournament is in effect, with most of the students participating in one way or another. One example is Katai, who is roped into a battle with Naruse despite not knowing how to play; he becomes anxious, but is reinvigorated when he notices Tadano watching him in the crowd, and proceeds to defeat Naruse before he can even put his eraser on the desk. Meanwhile, the original four-way battle continues with Yamai and Nakanaka over-exerting themselves and unable to continue. Najimi then tries cheating using a spring-based device to create the most-precise flick, but it goes too far and snaps their finger. With all eyes on Komi, she nervously flicks her eraser to perfectly knock Najimi’s eraser off, winning and moving on to Round 2. The tournament moves in earnest, but Tadano continues to notice that Komi is acting sad.

The school day finally ends, and Komi’s friends all say bye to her for leaving (with Najimi ditching their vice president duties one last time). Eventually, it appears to just be Tadano left as a downpour starts, but he then notices Komi looking out at the rain. As he approaches her, Komi admits verbally that she is feeling sad because once the next year starts, they will most likely be in different classes. Tadano, not realizing she is talking about him specifically and her love for him, assumes she is referring to all of her friends. To cheer her up, Tadano recounts the school year, all the friends they made, and all the fun stuff they did together, and assures her with a poor metaphor that those times will continue, cheering Komi up. They smile happily together, but the romantic tension is interrupted by Najimi returning to walk home with them due to forgetting their umbrella. As they walk home, the three of them plan to have a final get-together for the class, while the black cat that has long symbolized Komi meets with an orange tabby.

Weeks later, the new school year starts, and Komi hypes herself up in the mirror and in front of the school. She goes to the front to get her class assignment, unknowingly passing by a, bunch of her future friends. At her shoe locker, she ends up meeting Tadano. Overjoyed, she greets him good morning, but becomes bashful and hides her notebook. She then verbally tells him, while blushing, that she looks forward to another year with him.

## Characters

*In order of appearance. Bold denotes debuting characters.*

* Tadano Hitohito
* Tadano Hitomi
* Tadano Jeanne
* Onemine Nene
* Otori Kaede
* Onigashima Akako
* Kishi Himeko
* Naruse Shisuto
* Chushaku Kometani
* Komi Shouko
* Chiarai Shigeo
* Sonoda Taisei
* Shinobino Mono
* Ren Yamai
* Katai Makoto
* Katou Mikuni
* Sasaki Ayami
* Shousuke Komi (Voice)
* Komi Shuuko
* Komi Masayoshi
* Satou Amami
* Hoshio Jukujosky Maeda
* Najimi Osana
* Yadano Makeru
* Nakanaka Omoharu
* Aizawa Tsukasa
* Eiko Ushiroda
* Agari Himiko
* Inaka Nokoko
* **Manbagi Rumiko** (Cameo - unnamed)
* **Ase Shibuki** (Cameo - unnamed)
* **Isagi Kiyoko** (Cameo - unnamed)
* **Emoyama Yuragi** (Cameo - unnamed)
* **Sukida Lily** (Cameo - unnamed)
* **Toutoi Son** (Cameo - unnamed)

## Adaptation Notes

**This episode adapts the following material:**

* Manga Volume 9
	+ Communication 115: Erasers, Go!
	+ Communication 126: Chocolate and Friends
	+ Communication 127: Friday the 13th
	+ Communication 128: White Day
* Manga Volume 10
	+ Communication 129: One Year