Episode 18

**A Heartfelt Gift Sometimes Becomes a Complicated [X]** (心尽くしの賜物は時に［ｘ］の錯綜となる, *Kokorodzukushi no Tamamono wa Toki ni [X] no Sakusō to naru*?) is the eighteenth episode of the *We Never Learn* anime series.

## Synopsis

At the Yuiga Residence, Nariyuki tutors Fumino in algebra. Because of Fumino's presence in the house, she's heavily leered at by Mizuki.

Before Fumino leaves, Nariyuki gives her a bag with a special present inside, because it's her birthday that day. When Fumino checks to see what her present is it turns out that it's a frilly new bra, which turns out to be the wrong thing Nariyuki was supposed to give her. He instead intended to give her a brand new pen that was for left-handed people.

The next morning, Fumino wears the new bra and wears padding to make up for the extra space because of the size of the bra. Nariyuki then approaches her and the two briefly talk about her present, unbeknownst to the two that Fumino got the wrong gift. That afternoon, Uruka and Rizu give their gifts to Fumino in the library, which are a new pair of oven mitts and chopsticks, respectively. When Uruka asks what Nariyuki gave to her for her birthday. When Nariyuki tries to tell them, Fumino continuously punches him in the gut to cover the fact that he gave her a bra. Soon the two talk it over in the hallway and straighten out their "present" problem.

Later at Kusumoto Park, Nariyuki presents her with the ballpoint pen he intended to give her. Although thankful for her true present, Fumino makes a snide remark that men typically fall for women with big boobs. In Nariyuki's light-hearted rebuttal, he claims that so long as you love the woman, the size of a woman's chest is irrelevant. Fumino is flattered by the comment, but Nariyuki thinks she's unimpressed by it.

In order to help his mother Hanae out again, Nariyuki fills in for another job for her at her manager's new store. The job is at a massage parlor and not only is he stuck wearing the Hanako Wankoro mascot costume. But the manager's daughter is sick again forcing her to go to her kindergarten to pick her up from school. If this scenario couldn't get any worse or repetitive, Kirisu is his first client. Even though he's disconcerted out his mind, Nariyuki performs Kirisu's message and does an excellent job. He even impresses the other staff member there with his massage talent. Feeling more confident in his masseur skills, his next clients are Fumino and Rizu. Fumino wants to get a lower back massage and Rizu wants to get a shoulder massage. Rizu goes first and is massaged to a state of pure bliss and Fumino who originally wanted a lower back massage reconsiders and gets a shoulder massage. So Nariyuki acquiesces to the request and massages Fumino to her satisfaction. Nariyuki is then called over to do a foot massage for Asumi who is there with her co-worker, Machiko. Figuring that Asumi's feet are super tight as she's on her feet all of the time due to her job as a maid. Nariyuki gives her an extra special foot massage that she enjoys too much and takes off the head to Nariyuki's costume. Unbeknownst to Nariyuki, Uruka and her two swim club members witness this. To keep her quiet, Nariyuki gives Uruka a message as well.

That night at home, Nariyuki gets a shoulder massage, from his little sister Mizuki.