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It's Always Harder On the Ones Who Have to Watch

病む身より見る目

Idiom Explanation

It’s hard for the person who’s sick, but for the caregiver, who has watched the suffering of the illness for a long time, it’s a lot harder.

Hekiru Hikawa Check
All in all, it's juice in a paper cup. And it was sad. Only those who have experienced it can understand the sadness. It was so real that it made me cry. Hang in there, Mesousa.
Advanced Learning
1. Speaking of Espionage

A gun aims at Watanuki. It’s a reference to the opening of the spy action film with the golden letters "**7".

2. Glasses, Glasses

Rei tries to find her glasses by waving hands. It’s a callback to that gag by **su**yo (Manzai duo of **sushi Yokoyama and **yoshi Nishikawa).

3. A lot of Itou-san

It’s a scene from Class B’s classroom, but as you look more, you'll see that everyone behind Otome Akiyama is Itou-san. Apparently, from all the Class B students, most of them seem to be Itou-san. As you can see, it’s a pretty amazing classroom scene

4. Three Masks

In the scene where Becky takes off her teacher mask and turns into a child, masks and roses can be seen. Considering that the colour of the roses is purple, it’s reminiscent of that great theatrical comic masterpiece. By the way, Becky has three masks here, but **ya Kitajima is a girl of thousand masks.

5. Price for the Cowlick

Old Geezer gave Himeko’s cowlick the price of 157 cruzados. This is the old Brazilian currency (now it’s real). The next price is 40000 pesetas, which is the old currency of Spain and Andorra (now it’s euro). The fact that he’s offering currency that's no longer in circulation, he probably doesn’t have the intention of buying it

6. The way they're handling Kurumi

As each one of Class C gets a spotlight shine on them, only Kurumi has dim lighting. In a plain place, she’s treated as plain.

7. Becky's Calculator

There’s a calculator in Becky's drawer. Don't ignore it just because it has a cute San**o-styled design. Later, when the teachers play rock-paper-scissors to decide who will clean the pool, it appears again.

8. Ichijou's Energy Drink

After the dangos (which are poisoned?) from episode 1 and 2, this is the third installment for the series of Ichijou’s dangerous food and drink. Did Watanuki, who got stuck behind the blackboard, drink this "Legendary Viper Poison Drink"?

9. Rei’s and Kurumi’s Notebooks

In Rei’s notebook is the catchphrase "Asa~!" similar to Muji-thing. And in Kurumi’s notebook are the words “ATATA Divine Fist Secret Handbook”. Come to think of it, a while back a certain weekly boys' magazine had a game review section with a title like this.

10. Girl waking up surrounded by Cats

Cats gather around the girl who has collapsed under a tree. This is a scene from the movie "C*twoman". However, the scene has Itou-san suddenly sitting up, which makes it more like a scene from a horror movie.

11. Itou-san Festival

Various Itou-sans gather one after another. Apologies for the people who had this ending come into their dreams.

12. Making the Punchline Horror-like

Due to Suzune having pushed the pressure point that causes diarrhea, Otome walks down the hallway clutching her stomach. Old Geezer appears there, and for some reason breaks down into particles, then recombines and appears again in front of Otome. Then, saying "I work very well on stomachaches”, Old Geezer turns into a handful of powder and disappears... Just what are you, Old Geezer!

Watanuki's Story Guide

Rebecca Miyamoto. The Mathematics Teacher of Private Momotsuki Academy. Graduated from MIT at the age of 11*. Why would such a child prodigy come to this school? First of all, can you get a teaching license in Japan at age 11? In order to find out, I, Hibiki Watanuki of the Student Council Intelligence Club, have infiltrated Class C. Ooh, Miyamoto-sensei has just arrived! She’s wearing an unusual hat… Oh! There’s an amazing cowlick on top of Miyamoto-sensei’s head! I’ll now retreat… trying at least… but I can’t get out from the narrow back of the chalkboard…

*TL's note: Anime and manga state Becky graduated MIT when she was 10, so this is probably an error from the editing department.

Voices from our Staff

Tetsuya Nishimura

26 yo – Photography Director


To be honest, my lifestyle has changed since I started working on this series. It has become rare for me to go home (laughs). I'd like you to pay attention to the bonus part at the end of the third episode. Even though the time was short and I thought “Is this impossible?”, I was so much in high spirits that I worked with the episode until the early hours of next morning (laughs). There are many things to note about this episode, but be sure to check out the blackboard scene in particular. It's full of stuff that those who know will understand. Not only the blackboard, but the anime overall is filled with the thoughts from the Staff members, and being able to feel them while watching is the best. Well, “Pani Poni” is already the best (laughs).

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Last update on 2.8.2024