"But I Gave My Tears Away"Shinichirō Nakagami, a high school student, notes how he cannot bring himself to express his affection for Hiromi Yuasa, a fellow high school student who moved into Shinichirō's household after her father died. He notes that when he knew her before, he always treasured her smile, but she acts coldly at home, and Shinichirō regrets not being able to see her tears, or any form of significant emotion. At school, Shinichirō sees a girl named Noe Isurugi, and after criticizing her for interacting with chickens, is cursed by her. Shinichirō is quickly beset by bad luck for the rest of the day, accidentally seeing Hiromi undressing for the bath. To atone for what he said to Noe, he crafts a chicken out of a tissue box for her. The next day, he gives the box to her, but she is saddened because one of the chickens is killed. As Shinichirō notes that she did not cry, she tells him she has given her tears away.
Genre: Romance ,Drama No of Episodes:? Shinichiro is a student living in what would be a dream come true for most high school boys, but for him is mostly a frustration. A well liked girl in school named Hiromi has lived in his house for a year along with his family. Her father was a close friend of the family, and when he died they immediately took her in. She is popular and well liked, always smiles, is talented in sports- but Shinichiro knows there must be tears inside her. Having an artistic tendency, he makes watercolours of her and thinks about wishing to ease her tears. Yet he cannot bring up the nerve to talk to her even in his own home. She, too, is quiet and withdrawn in their house, quite unlike at school. Shinichiro is also distracted by teasing from his friend Nobuse for watching Hiromi from afar, a curse of bad luck from a strange girl named Noe, and being forced to perform Muhiga dancing. By helping Noe he hopes to ease his own problems, yet he seems to have difficulty helping himself.
"Your Tears"
"Not Looking at Anything from My Eyes"
"I'm Not the Person You Like"It has been a week since Hiromi moved out and in the meantime has settled into single living. Miyokichi gets a call from Aiko, and the two decide to start over from the beginning as friends. During a basketball match where Hiromi is getting purposely fouled by the other team, Jun comes into the match and asks the opposing team what was the meaning of their behavior, which sparks interest from spectators. Hiromi meets with Jun in the park where he apologizes for what happened during the game. Hiromi once again tries to break it off with him, but he still does not want to. Noe does not come back home at night, and Jun calls Hiromi to tell Shinichirō about it, and he leaves to look for her. Shinichirō finds her at the beach with the chicken Jibeta.
"I'll Do Everything Properly"Shinichirō hears from Miyokichi that he broke up with Ai, even though he did not want to accept it at first. Miyokichi goes to Noe to try to get her to put a curse on him so that he does not fall in love with anyone again. Now that Hiromi knows she and Shinichirō are not siblings, she grows happier at home, and goes to see Jun to break off her relationship with him, but he does not want that. Ai finally gets over the fact that Shinichirō does not think of her in a romantic way and tells him that she is moving on from him. Hiromi decides to move out of Shinichirō's house, and as she is driven away in the moving truck, Shinichirō gets on his bike and races after her. When he finally catches up, Shinichirō slips and falls of the bike; the driver stops the truck and Hiromi runs out towards Shinichirō but trips and falls onto him. Shinichirō tells her that he will do everything properly from now on.
"You're Having a Hard Time Flying..."Jun and Hiromi crash while on the motorcycle, but they do not get harmed. As a result of the accident, both Jun and Hiromi get suspended from school. Shinichirō's mother, who had previously shown hostile attitudes towards Hiromi, finally accepts her as her own child, and tells Hiromi that she made up the story about Hiromi being her husband's child. Shinichirō talks with Noe and gives her an update on the picture book. Noe hints that she knows where Shinichirō's true feelings lie, and she runs off back home.
"The Town Where It Is Not Snowing"After asking Noe out, Shinichirō tells her about his picture book that he is making about the rooster Raigomaru. Ai cannot get over what happened with her and Shinichirō. Noe's brother goes out on a date with Hiromi, and she finds out the true reason why Shinichirō is going out with Noe and also why she is going out with Noe's brother. Hiromi cuts her date short after she speaks her mind to Noe, though she realizes that she acted liked Shinichirō's mother since she shows resentment towards Noe. She asks Noe's brother to give her a ride to a "town where it does not snow" in order to get away from things.
"Tell Me Clearly, Write It Down Here"Noe once again tries to approach Shinichirō at school, but he shrugs her off, telling her that she does not understand his situation. Following this, Noe seeks out Hiromi but gets in a short fight with her while at school. Shinichirō realizes that Noe does like him a lot, due to all the attention she gives him, and after a little more persuasion from Jun, Shinichirō asks Noe to go out with him, albeit while somewhat embarrassed and looking away from her. Noe even asks him to say it again properly to her face, and write out "I love Noe" on the ground with stones. After school, Shinichirō goes to see Ai at her shop, and when he tells her that he is now going out with Noe, Ai rushes up to him and kisses him. Afterwards, Ai asks Shinichirō in tears to think about her as well.
"What Kind of Joke is That?"Aiko tries to tell Shinichirō her feelings but is interrupted when Miyokichi arrives. Miyokichi later goes shopping with Aiko and the latter stomps out of a shop flustered and tells Miyokichi that she bought the sweater that Shinichirō had picked up before. Miyokichi gets the hint and feels troubled. While frustrated about Jun approaching Hiromi during school, Shinichirō asks Noe to stop bothering him for while and ends up getting his belt being pulled out by Noe. Jun goes out with Hiromi on a date Sunday, and after they arrive back at her home, Jun tells her that Shinichirō and Noe are going out together. Later that night, Shinichirō overhears Hiromi and his mother's quarrel and has a tussle with his mother and Hiromi. Subsequently, Shinichirō finds out from Hiromi that he and Hiromi might share the same father.
"A Meddlesome Guy is Like a Fool"Shinichirō looks for Noe during school, but after she suggests they eat lunch together or go home together, he gets defensive and lies, telling her that he has dance practice after school, and that she should eat with her friends instead of him. After school another day, Noe drops in on Shinichirō in the middle of dance practice, and he later becomes inspired by her. Noe's older brother Jun pays Shinichirō another visit and during their exchange Shinichirō suggests that Jun go out with Hiromi if he is asking him to go out with Noe; Shinichirō becomes nervous that Jun may actually go through with it. Shinichirō goes to tell Hiromi about Jun saying she was cute, but she gets annoyed at Shinichirō for coming into her room to tell her something like that. Meanwhile, Aiko has started to knit a sweater for Miyokichi, but she is showing Shinichirō more affection than him.
"OK, Clap"While walking back to Shinichirō's house, Hiromi tells Shinichirō about her crush on Noe's brother, which hurts Shinichirō alot. The next day he leaves early for to try to avoid Hiromi; instead, he ran into Aiko. they go shopping and Shinichirō tells aiko about what happened. she tries to cheer Shinichirō up, but to no avail. When he goes back home, Hiromi asks Shinichirō if he is avoiding her because of what happened. Shinichirō replies in a way that hurts them both. The next day, Shinichirō runs into Noe. She drags him around town and explains why she is gathering tears. She manages to cheer Shinichirō up. the next morning, Shinichirō runs into Hiromi. While apologizing for yesterday, he accidentally uses soap instead of toothpaste and starts brushing his teeth. Hiromi and Shinichirō both laugh at this. Shinichirō is happy he was able to make her laugh.
"What Happened? Talking About the Other Day"When Shinichirō goes to school, he starts finding red seeds in pink envelopes in his locker, desk, and around his classroom, placed there by Noe. When he goes to ask her about it, he finds Noe being picked up by a boy he assumes is her boyfriend. The next day, he finds red seeds leading from his classroom outside to the tree where Noe is. He tries to tell her to stop, but Noe says that is not something for him to decide. She jumps out of the tree, and Shinichirō has to carry her to the boy's basketball game currently in action. The same boy Shinichirō saw pick Noe up after school is playing in the game, and it is revealed that he is her older brother. Tomoyo, Hiromi's friend, asks her if she likes Shinichirō, but Hiromi says she in fact likes Noe's brother; Shinichirō overhears this.
"What Do I Want to Do..."After telling Shinichirō that he has to believe her about giving away her tears, Noe tells him of her mission to retrieve her tears. At school the following day, Noe starts paying extra attention to Shinichirō, such as waving to him while in P.E., or recieving seeds previously intended for the now-dead chicken Raigomaru. Hiromi takes notice in this, and tries to approach Noe on her own, though cannot communicate with her. Later, Hiromi asks Shinichirō to to introduce her to Noe, but after Noe learns of this, she approaches Hiromi herself. Noe instantly sees through her, and knows that Hiromi does not like her, though Noe is not angered by this. Hiromi later recounts this meeting to Shinichirō, confirming that she did not want to be Noe's friend to being with.
"But I Gave My Tears Away"Shinichirō Nakagami, a high school student, notes how he cannot bring himself to express his affection for Hiromi Yuasa, a fellow high school student who moved into Shinichirō's household after her father died. He notes that when he knew her before, he always treasured her smile, but she acts coldly at home, and Shinichirō regrets not being able to see her tears, or any form of significant emotion. At school, Shinichirō sees a girl named Noe Isurugi, and after criticizing her for interacting with chickens, is cursed by her. Shinichirō is quickly beset by bad luck for the rest of the day, accidentally seeing Hiromi undressing for the bath. To atone for what he said to Noe, he crafts a chicken out of a tissue box for her. The next day, he gives the box to her, but she is saddened because one of the chickens is killed. As Shinichirō notes that she did not cry, she tells him she has given her tears away.
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