Crossover anime, Hachiman's childhood friend's growth diary

"Ah, um, we were in the same class last semester."

"Sigh, Ryo was actually in the same class as Hanami before?"

Nijika naturally joined the conversation about Anna Hanami.

"That's right, we were both in Class D before."

While Yamada Ryo was speaking, he secretly took the sausage from Nijika's bowl when she wasn't looking.

"Hmm, it's cold. Don't think I can't see it."

"Excuse me, can I trade this egg roll for it?"

Where are the egg rolls?

"give you tomorrow."

"..."

Ignoring Yamada Ryo's bento loan for the moment, Nijika turned to Hideya and said:

"Hachiman, why did you specifically ask about Yanami-kun?"

"No, not specifically." To avoid misunderstandings, Hikigaya clarified, "It's just that Yashiro-sensei asked me to take good care of Hanami-kun, so I wanted to find out more."

"That's it."

It turned out to be Mr. Yashiro's request. Nijika took a breath and bought the drink from the vending machine, secretly glancing at Anna Hanami's position.

"Ryo, could you please tell Hachiman-kun everything you know?"

"Just say it if you're paid, 100 yen per sentence!"

"Hey, hey."

"Just kidding." Seeing Hachiman prepare to take out money from his pocket, Yamada Ryo quickly waved his hand. "I don't know the specifics, but it seems that I and Hanami are the only two former students of Class D."

Yamada Ryo didn't know much, so he simply introduced Hanami Anna's past interpersonal relationships in the class.

I heard that this child has a very close childhood sweetheart, but because the other child's parents moved, the child has to go to another school starting last semester.

Therefore, the other party seems to be in a state of being "sealed up" and rarely communicates with classmates.

219 is not sealed with cement.

Do you rarely communicate?

Hikigaya recalled the scene of the blue-haired, round-faced girl taking the initiative to talk to him, and he couldn't help but begin to doubt the information that Yamada Ryo had brought.

"Hey, Hachiman, what's with that look on your face? Are you questioning me? Don't underestimate my intelligence network, you bastard!"

"?"

The sudden shift to a yakuza-style aesthetic caused Hachiman's brain to short-circuit for a second, and seeing his reaction, Yamada Ryo went even further:

"What are you looking at, Hongxia? Go chop off his fingers."

"Chop off your head my ass!"

Without any mercy, Hongxia delivered a swift chop to Yamada Ryo's head.

Yamada Ryo, the leader of the yakuza gang, was instantly beaten to the ground, pressing his hands down on the spot where he had just been hit by the hand chop, and making a pitiful groan.

"it hurts..."

"Stop pretending, I didn't even use any force."

Nijika sighed and withdrew her hand, then said to Hikigaya with a slight apology, "I'm sorry, Hikigaya-kun, Ryo watched too many TV dramas this summer, so I always like to imitate the actors' speech."

Ah, so that's imitating a character from a TV series.

Hikigaya breathed a sigh of relief.

It has to be said that Yamada Ryo usually doesn't react much, but he seems to be particularly comfortable with that kind of smug expression. He suddenly understands why those otaku on the internet get excited when they see girls making disgusted faces.

Well, farther away.

After thinking it over, the reason for the error in the information is probably because Yamada Ryo only knew about Anna Hanami before the summer vacation. Now that almost two months have passed, she may have already adjusted her mindset during this time.

Wait a minute, what does that mean for Yatsushiro Gakuen?

This guy is the new semester's homeroom teacher, there's no reason for him to have such an information gap, right?

Hachiman felt the situation was a bit chaotic, so he reviewed the information he had and took the initiative to ask:

"Yamada-kun, what do you know about Hanami-kun's parents?"

"do not know."

Yamada Ryo answered instantly.

Come to think of it, Yamada Ryo isn't the type to pay attention to her surroundings. Rather, the information she just provided has exceeded Hachiman's expectations.

After a while, Yamada Ryo seemed to remember something and murmured, "Oh right, on my way to school I heard someone say that Hanami's father was fired from his company and is now looking for a new job."

This is it!

Hachiman felt he had finally grasped the key information.

I remember Yashiro Manabu mentioning that Hanami Anna's parents seemed to be temporarily away from home for some special reason. So they were fired from their jobs?

Losing an important friend in the first semester and then temporarily lacking parental companionship after the summer vacation could potentially turn an extroverted person into an extreme one.

Especially for elementary school students whose minds are not yet mature, even the slightest change in their surroundings can easily affect their logical behavior.

and so.

As Hanami Anna's homeroom teacher, Yashiro Gakuen tries to take extra care of her at school... No, no, no, I feel like something's not quite right, but what exactly is the problem?

"More than that, I'm curious why there are only two students from Class D left: me and Banami."

Yamada Ryo spoke again.

What's so curious about that? It's probably just a matter of probability, right?

While thinking, Hikigaya's gaze remained fixed on Anna Yanami. The girl, who was showing off her food, suddenly raised her head alertly, like a little rabbit being stared at by a bear.

Just as Hachiman hadn't looked away, he met those clear, drifting eyes.

Hikigaya: "..."

Hanami Anna: "..."

"It seems we've been discovered..."

Hongxia watched this scene with a mix of amusement and exasperation. Just as she was about to speak up to help, Hachiman spoke up first:

"Ahem, good afternoon, Banami-kun. You ate... quite a feast?"

"Goo!"

Anna Hanami, who was suddenly struck up a conversation, didn't think much of it at first.

But how can you just say that someone else eats a lot? Hachiman is so out of touch!

"Hachiman, your evaluation in my mind has now dropped from B to C."

"There's a C?"

Hikigaya looked incredulous and wondered if there was something wrong with this guy's rating system. Did he think there were S and Z levels above A?

By the way, he had already achieved the Z rating for all levels of Dragon Ball X when he was in the first year of junior high school!

"Sigh, is it too low?" Seemingly misunderstanding Hachiman's current mood, Yana coughed and changed her words, "Who told you to say that just now? If you apologize, I can adjust the rating back."

"No, C is enough."

Hachiman quickly spoke up to stop the other party's unkind behavior, saying that C was good, but B was a bit too small.

Wait, what am I thinking?

"Honestly, why does Hachiman keep saying such stupid things all the time?" Nijika sighed, then greeted Anna Yanami, "Good afternoon, Anna Yanami!"

"Um, who?"

Hanami Anzu warily shifted her grip on the plate in the opposite direction.

"Hey, aren't we classmates?"

"Oh, I forgot. May I ask who you are...?"

Seeing Anja's embarrassed expression, Hachiman noticed that even after learning that they were classmates, Anja still didn't put down her plate.

Are those meals really that important to you?

"My name is Ijichi Nijika".

"Hello, Ijichi-kun."

Anna Hanami responded calmly.

"I am Nishimiya Shoko."

Nishimiya Shoko, who had been silent until now, introduced herself in a relatively clear voice.

"Oh, I know you, Nishimiya-kun!" Anna exclaimed. "Are your ears okay? I heard that someone bullied you for this reason before. That kind of guy is just awful!"

"I'm fine."

Nishimiya Shoko smiled sweetly.

At that moment, Yamada Ryo quietly nudged Nijika's arm, letting out a devilishly teasing sound:

“Nijika Nijika, in Hanami’s eyes right now, your rating might not be as high as Akira’s. Maybe it’s only a D.”

"Well!"

Hongxia clutched her chest, looking hurt. "I'm sorry, Banami-kun. We were just curious. If we bothered you, we can apologize."

"Well, it's not that serious, is it?" Yana poked at her rice with her spoon. "So, what were you guys talking about? Can I listen in?"

"sure."

220 We are so popular

Taking this opportunity, Anna Hanami readily joined the discussion about "why there are only two students from the original Class D in the new class," and everyone shared their opinions and chattered away.

Meanwhile, Hikigaya silently ate his lunch while listening to the nine-year-old girl's discussion about the truth.

Anna Hanami integrated very quickly, so from his perspective, she didn't seem to be affected by the brief departure of her parents and friends; in fact, she seemed to be in great shape.

"As expected, it's because we're so popular, isn't it?"

During the group's deduction, for some reason, Bana saw Anja exhale a long breath and then cross her arms, leading to this conclusion.

No.

How exactly did you arrive at this conclusion?

Hikigaya paused in his eating, looked up, and stared at the overly confident girl in front of him with a puzzled expression.

What surprised him even more was that Yamada Ryo, who was standing to the side, didn't doubt it at all and immediately chimed in:

"Yes, it must be because we are both too popular that the school assigned us here to balance the popularity of this class."

Hikigaya suspected that the two men were hinting at something, and silently looked away.

"Hey, don't portray the new class as a bad place."

Hongxia voiced her objections.

"Then why do you think it is, Nijika?" Yamada Ryo was unconvinced and reverted to his old-fashioned tone, "If you can't explain it, then... it's nothing."

"Sorry, I can't think of that. What do you think, Hachiman?"

The conversation then turned to Hachiman, who let out an "Ah!" and took a bite of soba noodles with a blank expression.

"Slurp, whatever happens, happens."

If I had to say something, I would agree with Anna Hachiman's view. Checks and balances are a very common reason for class division, such as putting many high-achieving students together with some low-achieving students.

In this way, the homeroom teacher can leverage the exemplary role of good students to motivate those who are struggling academically, thus achieving a win-win situation.

In reality, the result is often the opposite: poor students are not inspired by role models, and good students look down on students with poor grades. The two are irreconcilable and eventually develop into irreconcilable conflicts.