Episode 6

* Birthday Present
* Burn Up! The Ball Sports Tournament

**Birthday Present / Burn Up! The Ball Sports Tournament** is the sixth episode of the anime series.

## Summary

### Birthday Present

Outside of Tomo's house, Jun gives Tomo a pair of sunglasses for her birthday, and she gleefully accepts them, but also teases him about how she's older than her. Later, at school, Tomo shows off her new shades to Misuzu, who was also subjected to Tomo's ageism antics. Misuzu then gives her birthday present to Tomo, some reference books that Tomo unhappily accepts. Just then, Carol, humming a tune, arrives and presents Tomo with a gold bar for her birthday. Hatching a plan, Misuzu whispers something into Carol's ear and asks that Tomo come to her house that weekend. Curious about why, Carol blurts out that it's a makeover party, causing Misuzu to elbow Carol in the side.

That Saturday at Misuzu's home, Tomo's appearance gets a makeover to "feminize" her by Misuzu and Carol. Once they do this, they force Tomo to buy some ice cream at a convenience store for them, which she begrudged does and runs into Jun there. On the other hand, Jun was in complete disbelief that the pretty girl that entered the store was Tomo. As Tomo leaves the store, she trips and falls, and Jun, uncertain whether Tomo is the pretty girl, offers to help her up. A sheepish Tomo accepted his help and was flustered by how gently he treated her. As he tries to leave, Tomo stops Jun, politely asking if she could walk with him for a while.

Tomo would later regret requesting this, and while they're walking, Jun concludes that the girl isn't Tomo. Soon after, they stop and watch some middle school kids play soccer together. Two kids stick out to Jun the most as they interact similarly to how Tomo and he typically act. A heart-to-heart between Tomo and Jun, who still didn't realize the pretty girl was Tomo, plays out concerning his relationship with Tomo.

It abruptly stops when Jun points out that Tomo's ice cream has begun to melt. Tomo then rushes back to Misuzu's house, where she catches Misuzu and Carol preparing some decorations for a surprise party for her. Enjoying the strawberry cake that Misuzu and Carol bought for her, Tomo explains her interaction with Jun.

The next day, Jun meets Tomo outside her home and grabs her cheeks. Enraged, Tomo knocks out Jun, who is glad that only a punch like that would come from Tomo.

### Burn Up! The Ball Sports Tournament

Because of Tomo's aggressive nature during the girl's dodgeball game, she's reallocated to the boys' team for the upcoming tournament.

On the tournament day, Tomo and Jun's team blaze through the first two rounds. Tomo and Jun believe they'll win the tournament's final round without difficulty. However, they're then informed by a panic-stricken Tatsumi that one of the player's caliber on their upcoming opponent's team is like a gorilla. Jun deduces it's the third-year judo student Goma, and he and Tomo are fired up to "fight" against him.

Before the final round begins, Goma proposes to Jun that if his team wins, Jun will join his judo club. Jun confidently accepted the proposal, but could not think of a counter-offer.

At the start of the match, a distracted Tatsumi was taken out, followed by team players Noda and Fukaya. In retaliation, Tomo tries to get Goma out, but he catches her throw and returns it with a power throw at her, but Jun takes the hit. Enraged, Tomo throws the ball at Goma, but it passes under his legs, where Tomo had hoped it would be caught by Jun. However, it's caught by Tatsumi, who takes advantage of the flustered moment and gets Goma out, thereby winning the match for his team.

For their achievement, Tomo's team wins an award. Soon after, Goma confronts Jun and challenges him to a Judo match, which Jun easily wins the first time he faces off against him. In the sequential matches, Goma wins more than Jun, but accepts it as his loss because they fought by Judo, not Karate. Despite that comment, Jun rejects the notion and, before leaving, answers Goma's question about why he doesn't participate in tournaments. Jun answers that his goal is to reach the same level as someone he chases after, but was uncertain how he could achieve it.

Afterward, Jun and Tomo walk home together and talk about Jun's Judo match against Goma. During it, Jun realizes that he not only wants to be stronger than Tomo, he wants to be more like her.

## Characters

* Tomo Aizawa
* Junichirou Kubota
* Misuzu Gundou
* Chiyomi Ogawa
* Naoko Mifune
* Noda
* Fukaya
* Kousuke Misaki
* Tatsumi Tanabe
* Takeshi Gouma