Episode 4

* The Reason for Her Smile
* I Want to Be Playful Like a Girl
* Heroes Fall a Lot

**I Want to Be Seen as a Girl!/A Terrifying Challenge/Heroes Fall a Lot** is the fourth episode of the anime series.

## Summary

### The Reason for Her Smile

While walking to school, Misuzu is approached by Tatsumi, who she doesn't recall his name.

At school, Tatsumi confesses to Jun about his desire to see Misuzu smile. Jun then states that Misuzu always smiles for him, but their interpretations of her smiling are polar opposites from the other. Later, Jun asks Tomo if Misuzu often smiles, to which she replies not very much. This leads Tomo to think that Jun still has feelings for Misuzu.

Meanwhile, Tatsumi tries to make Misuzu laugh, but ends up getting his mouth taped up by her. Walking down the school hallway, Tasumi runs into Carol, who also had her mouth taped up by Misuzu. Carol's encounter with Tomo reveals that Misuru taped her mouth because she tried to kiss her.

Elsewhere, Tasumi asks Misuzu what it'd take to make her smile, and Misuzu asks if Tasumi has feelings for her, which he openly admits. To that confession, Misuzu claims that if Tasumi asks her out, she'll reject him with a smile. The revelation elates Tasumi, who thinks even more highly of Misuzu than before.

In class, Tomo asks Misuzu if her constant smiling at Jun is her way of showing affection toward him, which she denies, but, on the other hand, raises the possibility of it being true.

### I Want to Be Playful Like a Girl

In class, Tomo watches in envy as two girls "glomp" each other and notes her desire to could do the same. Misuzu then appears before Tomo asking her if she's "finally". Tomo clarifies that she merely wishes to do playful girl stuff as well. However, when Tomo did that in the past to other girls, they distanced themselves from her. So, Tomo asks if she could do it with Misuzu, but she rejects it, claiming that Tomo's pitch turned her off.

Later, on the school rooftop, Carol offers to hug her, and Tomo takes up the offer. Carol's hug makes Tomo realize how Carol is so thin, soft feeling, and has a lovely scent. Tomo would later admit to Misuzu that she doesn't believe she's a girl, and Misuzu admits Carol is a "special one".

Walking onto the schoolyard, Tomo contemplates what Misuzu told her and abruptly hugs Mifune and Ogawa, freaking them out. Unbeknownst to them, Misuzu watched the scene unfold, and eventually, Carol gave Tomo hugs on random occasions. These interactions would lead Tomo to believe that Misuzu was angry, which Carol figured was her fault. Thus, Carol apologizes to Misuzu; however, she pins the blame on someone else.

On the school rooftop, Misuzu apologizes to Tomo for making her feel bad and allows Tomo to hug her, which she admits annoyed her. Misuzu then asks why Tomo hasn't ever hugged Jun despite being typically touchy and clingy around her. Hence, after school, Tomo hugs Jun and asks that they walk home together. Immediately though, Jun breaks out of Tomo's hug, gives her a scornful look, and scolds her for doing an inappropriate thing at school. On the other hand, Tomo argues that Jun does it all the time, and Jun rebuts that it's ok for him to do it, but not her. Furiously, Tomo punches Jun for his double-standard reasoning as Misuzu watches from a hallway in the school. She's then joined by Carol, who notes her envy of Tomo's relationship with Misuzu, claiming she wants to be her "#1 friend".

### Heroes Fall a Lot

Sleeping in her room, Tomo is awoken by Jun and, in a panic-stricken fury, beats him up while demanding to know why he's there, which he claims her father asked him to wake her up.

Later, they run into Tomo's mother Akemi, who scolds Jun for not addressing her as Mrs. Aizawa. In the dining room, Tomo serves Jun some sardine riceballs she made for him, and he asks if Gorou will join them. Akemi responds that he spends his time locked away in the dojo and barely enters the house, leading her into a tirade about it.

A little later, Tomo and Jun get scolded by Gorou in the dojo for their tardiness, but Akemi appears to explain that it was her fault for their tardiness. Akemi's presence makes Gorou flustered and he passes out when she touches his shoulder.

At the dojo backyard, Tomo and Jun have a heart-to-heart about Gorou's lovesickness for Akemi.

The following day at school, Carol and Misuzu inform Tomo that they'll be eating lunch together so Carol can ask Misuzu for some love advice. Misuzu then advises Tomo to enjoy lunch with Jun, and also Carol gives her headband to Tomo.

On the school rooftop, Carol and Misuzu wait for Kousuke, the subject of Carol's love advice. Misuzu then formally introduces herself to Kousuke and details her relationship with Carol. Hearing this moves Kousuke, and he thanks Misuzu for being close to Carol. After a brief chat, Kousuke leaves; Carol then asks Misuzu for advice, and she answers that Carol should take life more seriously.

Afterward, Carol and Misuzu meet with a flustered Tomo, where Carol retrieves her headband from her. Mifune asks for Tomo's help, and it's revealed that someone has been hitting on Ogawa making her feel uneasy. The person in question was someone Ogawa met at a mixer who's a third-year delinquent with a bad rep. They later meet with the man in question, and agitated by the man's attitude, Tomo takes him out with a single kick. She then assures Mifune and Ogawa that if the man retaliates against her, she'll beat him up again.

After recovering from Tomo's kick, the man rounds up four of his friends to get revenge against Tomo, but Jun intervenes and when he beats them all up. The injured gang later approaches Tomo by the school entrance, and they formally apologize to her.

Walking home with Jun, Tomo talks about how it was strange for the men to apologize to her, and when she asks how Jun got hurt, he answers that he fell. Hence, Tomo offers to make him another sardine riceball.

## Characters

* Misuzu Gundou
* Tatsumi Tanabe
* Junichirou Kubota
* Tomo Aizawa
* Carol Olston
* Akemi Aizawa
* Misaki Gundou (Flashback)
* Naoko Mifune
* Chiyomi Ogawa
* Kousuke Misaki