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Karakura Town, 07:00, Monday
Big broooother! It's moooorrrning!!
Tiiime to get uuup!!
The day begins---
Kurosaki Ichigo / Age 17
Hair Color / Orange Eye Color / Brown Profession / High School Student
So sleepy..
He cannot see spirits
In his eyes a new path
Taaadaaa!!
Oh, guess today is your School Entrance Ceremony.
Karin, pass the soy sauce.
Okay! Here's your soy sauce!!
- What're you so upset about, Yuzu? - I'm not upset!!
It's just that I went through all the trable of not showing you my uniform until the day of my School Entrance Ceremony and you won't even look at it! But I don't care! Cause I'm not gonna give you the burnt part of the rice.
- Your zipper's open. - Kyah!!!
- See? I was looking. - Stupid! My brother's a perv!!
My glasses!!
What's up, Karin?
Nothing.
Yuuuuuuzuuuuu!!
Hey, take a look, Yuzu!! What do you think of this suit!? Which looks better, a normal tie or a bow tie!?
- Well, I don't think. It really matters. - It doesn't matters!?
It's been 17 months since that battle. Just over a year.
I'm a 3rd year high school student now. (Japanese high school only has 3 years)
Apparently Chad and Inoue told everybody about my Shinigami powers while I was asleep. They said everyone believed it right away.
Well, I guess they'd have to after seeing something like that sight in front of them.
Even so, I'm glad everyone accepted it without saying anything.
Mornin'
But..
..I don't have Shinigami powers anymore.
Right around the time I lost my spiritual powers, Karin's started getting stronger. - Broooother!!
Now I guess Karin's the one with the predisposition to be a highend spiritual medium. - Have a good day!
She acts like it's a pain in the ***, but she doesn't come ask me any questions. It seems like she's coming to terms with it pretty well.
- Let's go, Mizuiro. - Okay.
Moorning'
Alright, I'm off.
- Okay. I'll see you at lunch then. - Ichigo! Ichigo! I'm tapping out! Can't you see, I'm tapping out!?
Ichigo! Did you bring Tekken? The new one's coming out so I need to get that one back soon.
Yeah. I've got it, I've got it.
- What? Did you forget it? - Shut it. I've got it right here, see!?
That reminds me, I guess I forgot to give back the substitute badge.
It seems like ever since I lost my Shinigami powers the badge stopped working, too. It's just a normal piece of wood since the invisibility barrier disappeared and the Hollow alarm stopped going off, so I forgot that I put it in my bag.
Now it's the only proof I have that I was a Shinigami.
Hey!! Where are you going, Ishida!? - To the nurse's office!
Ishida has taken over my Hollow extermination duties. I thought it'd be fine to leave it Imoyama-san's hands, but it seems he's more unreliable than we thought.
I hope he doesn't overdo it and get Soul Society pissed off at him.
Ever since then, Rukia hasn't come to Karakura Town even once.
Have you decided what you're gonna do.. about the future?
- You mean like college or a career or whatever? - Or whatever!? What other choices are there?
I've still got time. We've got career counseling at the end of the semester, so I don't have to think about it just yet, right?
- Ichigo, you had goog grades when you started school, but they've been dropping since about a year and a half ago. - Shut up, I couldn't do anything about it 'cause I had a lot of *** going on back then. Besides I'm still in the upper half of the class.
- ...I wonder what Rukia-chan's up to.
- What made her suddenly pop into your head? - Well, it'd be nice if she stopped by and said "Hi" once in a while, wouldn't it? She hasn't shown her face once since all that happened. That's kinda cold, isn't it?
No, it isn't. First of all, she's not even in a charge of Karakura Town, so it's normal for her not to stop by.
...You don't miss hear?
There's no reason to.
After 16 years I've finally got a normal life. I'm fine with living out the rest of my life in peace.
..I guess that's true. I don't wanna go through anything scary like that again, either.
That's right.
I never felt a sense of superiority because I could see spirits and I never once thought that I could make a living or help someone with it.
I just longed for a life where I couldn't see them.
And I finally got what I always wanted.
Ah! Son of a ***!
Hey!
Hey, stop!! Give me back my bah, ***!!
Mizuiro.
Oh yeah..
Hold onto this.
That's proof of my time as a Shinigami. I do have one other thing.
The training I put my body and reflexes through in order to win comes in handy in its own way.
Woooaah!! Holy *** man, that was awesome! Thanks!!!
- You're hungry, right!? I'll treat you to some ramen or something. How about it? - No thanks.
And don't tell anybody I punched someone. Since it'd be a pain in the *** if they got pissed off at me later.
Huh? Okay... I see... That's too bad.
The hell...?
You're a lot more careful than I thought...
Kurosaki Ichigo.
How long're you gonna sleep, Ichigo!? I'm gonna wake you up with my fist!!
...Not going to wake up, Kurosaki Ichigo?
You fool! Get up, Ichigo!
Geeet uuup!! Ii-- chi--
The voices that call to Ichigo echo... Is it a dream or reality...?
gooo....
Uowaaaahhhh!!!
A-are you stupid!? Are you!? What would've happened if I fell!? What would've happened if I died!?
- Hell if I know. If you died, you'd go to Soul Society, right? - Ho... Nice comeback.
- Besides, you would've die by falling from the 2nd floor and I had a weird dream because of you, so apologize by falling down, now. - Waaaaahhh!! Waaaahhh!! Stop it, I'm gonna fall!! I'm really gonna fall!
...? A weird dream? What was it like?
...Yeah, how did it go? Trying to talk about it made me forgot.
So, how much are you offering?
...5... 5000 yen... (About $60 USD at current exchange rate)
- 5000 yen for one weak!? Give me a break! Next!! - All right! I am Satoda, vice-president of the soccer club! We would like to enlist your help, Kurosaki-senpa-
- Just tell me how much you're paying and for how long. - Ichigooo-- Hm?
- He's in the middle of negotiations. It'll be a little while longer. - Ah. I see. His tenure with the basketball team is over?
- This sucks, Ichigo's gonna stop hanging out with me again. - You made it sound like ha hangs out with you on a regular basis.
- H...H-H-H-he does hang out with me!! It's not like I've got nothing to do and constantly show up at his job and bother him or anything!! - Yeah, yeah.
- Was Ichigo always this concerned with money? - We would like you to be our goalie! - If you want a goalie you should talk to Chad.
- You know he's saving up money for after he graduates, right? So he can live on his own. - Sado-senpai refused on the grounds that he already has a much better-paying part time job!!
- Huh!? He's gonna move out!? - Well, I don't know about that.
- But whatever the case, his dad doesn't seem like the type to lend him money to do stuff. So I think it's a good idea that he saves up money while he can.
- Oooohhh... That's probably what it is. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
All right! Okay, I'm gonna go tell the president!
- Decided to go with the soccer club, huh? How much're you getting! - It's a secret. - When do you start?
Today!
THE END Next episode: THE LOST AGENT 2