# 1 - An Awful Birthday
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GJ0H7QGGM/anyway-im-falling-in-love-with-you)
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**[00:42] MIZUHO/ID**
*What an awful birthday.*
**[00:46] SIGN**
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**[00:46] SIGN**
From: Yoda
Dear Nishino Mizuho-sama,
Would it be possible to end
Kawaguchi Megu-sensei's series
by the end of this year?
We appreciate your consideration.
Yoda
**[00:58] MIZUHO**
*End within the year, huh?*
**[01:00] GIRL**
Come on, let's go.
**[01:02] GIRL**
You were up late last night, weren't you?
**[01:06] GIRL**
Sheesh.
**[01:20] MIUZNO/ID**
*That brings back memories.*
**[01:30] MIZUHO/ID**
*What?*
**[01:33] MIZUHO/ID**
*Is that me?*
**[01:39] MIZUHO/ID**
*At the time, I didn't realize...*
**[01:44] MIZUHO/ID**
*that I had a sparkling adolescence, too.*
**[01:55] SIGN**
Anyway, I'm Falling in Love With You
**[01:55] SIGN**
Anyway, I'm Falling in Love With You
**[03:30] RADIO CASTER**
*Good morning, everyone.*
**[03:33] RADIO CASTER**
*We're in the thick of summer now.*
**[03:36] RADIO CASTER**
* How are you spending*
* the morning of July 1st, 2020?*
**[03:41] RADIO CASTER**
* Maximum temperatures are expected to exceed*
* a sweltering 35°C all across Kanto this week,*
**[03:44] SIGN PHOTO**
Koigahama Highlands!
**[03:48] RADIO CASTER**
*so don't forget to hydrate.*
**[03:52] RADIO CASTER**
*Today's lucky item for Cancer is a candle.*
**[03:56] RADIO CASTER**
*Continue being mindful of infectious diseases.*
**[04:14] FATHER**
Mi-chan, good morn... ing...
**[04:21] FATHER**
Mi-chan!
**[04:27] FATHER**
I know you're childhood friends,
**[04:28] FATHER**
but you shouldn't stay up late
and fall asleep together like children!
**[04:33] FATHER**
Right, honey?
**[04:37] MIZUHO**
What are you so worried about?
**[04:40] MIZUHO**
I just asked him to model for me.
**[04:44] MIZUHO**
Besides, Kizuki is like
a younger brother to me.
**[04:53] KIZUKI**
Thanks for having me over.
**[04:56] FATHER**
I wish you'd said hello to me yesterday.
**[05:00] FATHER**
Oh, right. There's breakfast on the table.
**[05:03] MIZUHO**
Okay.
**[05:06] MIZUHO**
Thanks for packing my lunch, too.
**[05:09] MIZUHO/ID**
*My dad totally forgot...*
**[05:13] MIZUHO/ID**
*that it's my birthday today.*
**[05:16] SIGN**
Koigahama Highlands!
**[05:21] MIZUHO/ID**
* I have four teenage childhood friends*
* who I've grown up with*
**[05:26] MIZUHO/ID**
* in a neighborhood called*
* Koigahama Highlands.*
**[05:34] MIZUHO**
Good morning.
**[05:37] SYUGO**
You're late.
**[05:38] MIZUHO**
It takes time for me to get ready, okay?
**[05:42] MIZUHO/ID**
* We've always been so close that*
* we can't hide anything from each other.*
**[05:47] MIZUHO/ID**
* We're practically siblings who are*
* all second-year high school students.*
**[05:55] SYUGO**
Seriously, Mizuho?
**[05:56] SYUGO**
Are you going to school without makeup again?
**[05:58] SYUGO**
There's no point in trying to hide it
with those dorky glasses.
**[06:05] AIRU**
He's right. You should be
a little more, you know...
**[06:08] MIZUHO**
A little more what, Airu?
**[06:10] SYUGO**
I bet you were up late last night
working on your manga again.
**[06:14] MIZUHO**
Nothing gets past you, huh, Syugo?
**[06:16] SHIN**
You should be studying instead.
**[06:18] MIZUHO**
There you go again, nerd boy.
**[06:20] SHIN**
Don't come crying to me before exams.
**[06:23] MIZUHO**
Shin, there are things in this world
more important than studying.
**[06:27] MIZUHO**
Like love and friendship.
**[06:34] SYUGO**
How can you be so serious
first thing in the morning, Shin?
**[06:36] SHIN**
You should study, too.
**[06:38] SYUGO**
My grades are fine. I don't need to.
**[06:41] MIZUHO**
Kizuki, your backpack.
**[06:44] MIUZNO**
Why are you so careless?
**[06:48] MIZUHO/ID**
*The only thing that's grown is his height.*
**[06:51] KIZUKI**
Thanks.
**[06:52] MIZUHO/ID**
*He's the baby of the group.*
**[06:58] SYUGO**
Kizuki, practice resumes today, right?
**[07:01] KIZUKI**
Yeah.
**[07:02] SYUGO**
Then you'll have to go watch
your beloved Saito-senpai, Mizuho.
**[07:07] MIZUHO**
Hey, wha—
**[07:08] MIZUHO**
What are you talking about?
**[07:10] SYUGO**
They've got a lot of energy
for first thing in the morning.
**[07:13] SYUGO**
Whoops.
**[07:16] MIZUHO**
Keep your mouth shut!
**[07:27] MIZUHO/ID**
*Sheesh.*
**[07:29] MIZUHO/ID**
* Why was it my turn to clean*
* today of all days?*
**[07:52] GIRLS**
Kizuki-kun, you're so hot!
**[08:00] MIZUHO/ID**
*My glasses!*
**[08:04] GIRL 1**
Saito-senpai's not here.
**[08:07] MIZUHO/ID**
*What?*
**[08:08] GIRL 2**
Apparently he's quitting the swim team.
**[08:10] GIRL 3**
Because there's no Inter-high competition?
**[08:16] MIZUHO/ID**
*Saito-senpai can't quit.*
**[08:30] MIZUHO**
Saito-senpai.
**[08:32] SAITO**
Nishino-san?
**[08:42] SAITO**
We have terrible luck, don't we?
**[08:47] SAITO**
Classes were suddenly canceled because
of some infectious disease or whatever.
**[08:53] SAITO**
No school trip, no sports festival,
no fireworks display.
**[08:59] SAITO**
Everything was canceled.
**[09:04] SAITO**
Even swim practice and our final meet, too.
**[09:08] SAITO**
What was all our effort for?
**[09:20] MIZUHO**
I liked it.
**[09:25] MIZUHO**
I liked watching you...
**[09:30] MIZUHO**
have fun swimming.
**[09:35] MIZUHO**
I intended to go to your final meet
and tell you how I felt about you.
**[09:40] MIZUHO**
Sorry, I shouldn't have said that.
**[09:43] MIZUHO**
It doesn't matter, does it?
**[09:48] MIZUHO**
But—
**[09:54] MIZUHO**
Please swim for your own sake.
**[10:00] MIZUHO**
I want to see you swim.
**[10:04] SAITO**
Sorry, but you're not on the team.
**[10:08] SAITO**
You don't know how I feel, Nishino-san.
**[10:26] MIZUHO**
It's over.
**[10:32] MIZUHO**
My one-sided love is over.
***SIGN*** # 1 An Awful Birthday
**[10:39] MIZUHO/ID**
*What an awful birthday.*
**[11:01] SAITO**
Kizuki.
**[11:08] KIZUKI**
Senpai.
**[11:09] SAITO**
Hey.
**[11:16] SAITO**
You amaze me, Kizuki.
**[11:18] KIZUKI**
Huh?
**[11:19] SAITO**
We don't even know
if we'll have any more meets.
**[11:23] SAITO**
How can you try so hard?
**[11:26] KIZUKI**
I made a promise to myself.
**[11:30] KIZUKI**
If I ever made it to the final
of a national meet,
**[11:33] KIZUKI**
I'd tell her how I feel.
**[11:38] KIZUKI**
I decided I'd get better
until I achieved that.
**[11:46] SAITO**
You really are amazing.
**[11:49] SAITO**
I'll start practicing again tomorrow.
**[11:51] KIZUKI**
Senpai!
**[11:53] SAITO**
Nishino-san asked me to swim for myself.
**[11:59] SAITO**
She said she wanted to see me swim.
**[12:06] SAITO**
Nishino-san's your childhood friend, right?
**[12:09] KIZUKI**
Not a childhood friend.
**[12:11] SAITO**
Huh?
**[12:13] KIZUKI**
To me, Mizuho is a girl.
**[12:20] KIZUKI**
Leave her alone.
**[12:29] MIZUHO**
I'm home.
**[12:44] ALL**
Happy birthday, Mizuho!
**[12:47] ALL**
Happy 17th birthday!
**[12:51] ALL**
Surprise!
**[12:53] ALL**
That went off great!
**[12:54] MIZUHO/ID**
*The heartfelt kindness of childhood friends...*
**[12:59] AIRU**
S-She's crying?!
**[13:01] SYUGO**
I can see that!
**[13:02] SHIN**
This is why I said we shouldn't surprise her.
**[13:05] SYUGO**
Well, it's too late now! Kizuki!
**[13:08] KIZUKI**
Huh?
**[13:09] SYUGO**
The cake!
**[13:10] KIZUKI**
What?
**[13:10] SYUGO**
Get the cake!
**[13:12] MIZUHO**
That's not it.
**[13:20] MIZUHO**
I'm just happy.
**[13:25] MIZUHO**
Thanks.
**[13:27] AIRU**
Let's not forget this tearful birthday.
**[13:29] MIZUHO**
Don't, Airu!
**[13:31] AIRU**
Why not? There's no
fireworks display this year.
**[13:35] SYUGO**
That's right.
**[13:37] AIRU**
So let's take lots of pictures.
**[13:45] MIZUHO**
What should I wish for
when I blow out the candles?
**[13:49] KIZUKI**
Does only the birthday girl
get to make a wish?
**[13:52] MIZUHO**
Yeah, of course.
**[13:54] KIZUKI**
Mizuho.
**[14:01] KIZUKI**
You were already crying
before you got home, weren't you?
**[14:05] MIZUHO**
What?! Wh-What are you talking about?
**[14:09] KIZUKI**
You're wearing glasses,
but I could still tell.
**[14:16] MIZUHO/ID**
*At the time, I didn't realize that in 2020...*
**[14:27] KIZUKI**
I wish to become your boyfriend.
**[14:36] MIZUHO/ID**
*...I was surrounded by sparkling brilliance.*
**[14:44] ALL**
Cheers!
**[14:46] MIZUHO**
Let's eat.
**[14:48] SYUGO**
So, what were you and Kizuki doing together?
**[14:53] AIRU**
Did he ask you to marry him
like Syugo used to?
**[14:59] SYUGO**
I only did that before grade school
**[15:02] SYUGO**
when I still hadn't realized that
girls other than Mizuho existed.
**[15:07] SYUGO**
In other words...
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Airu
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Airu
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Airu
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Airu
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Airu
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Airu
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Airu
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Syugo
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Syugo
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Syugo
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Syugo
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Syugo
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Syugo
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Syugo
**[15:09] SYUGO**
it's my shameful past!
**[15:11] AIRU**
Hey wait!
**[15:12] AIRU**
Shin-chan, help!
**[15:15] SYUGO**
Purge it from your memory!
**[15:17] SHIN**
Can't you eat quietly?
**[15:23] SHIN**
Mizuho, you've got cream on your face.
**[15:26] MIZUHO**
Huh?
**[15:33] KIZUKI**
You're like a kid.
**[15:40] MIZUHO**
You're one to talk, Kizuki!
**[15:53] MIZUHO**
Good morning.
**[16:00] AIRU**
You started wearing contacts?
**[16:03] SYUGO**
Better than those dorky glasses.
**[16:06] MIZUHO**
Shut up!
**[16:07] SYUGO**
It's a wash.
**[16:09] MIZUHO**
Leave me alone!
**[16:10] SYUGO**
Shin, say something.
**[16:12] MIZUHO**
You really don't have to!
**[16:15] SHIN**
No matter what you do,
you'll always be stupid.
**[16:21] KIZUKI**
It's cute.
**[16:24] KIZUKI**
Mizuho, you look cute!
**[16:34] MIZUHO/ID**
*He pisses me off. He pisses me off...*
**[16:36] MIZUHO/ID**
*He pisses me off!*
**[16:39] MIZUHO/ID**
*Kizuki's definitely making fun of me!*
**[16:49] MIZUHO/ID**
* He was just cheering me up*
* because I was crying.*
**[16:52] MIZUHO/ID**
*What does he think he's doing?*
**[16:56] MIZUHO/ID**
*I can't reach.*
**[17:00] KIZUKI**
Let me see that.
**[17:12] KIZUKI**
There. All done.
**[17:14] KIZUKI**
Let's go eat.
**[17:20] SIGN**
Seagull Cafeteria
**[17:29] SHIN**
Kizuki, don't feed Airu your broccoli
just because you don't like it.
**[17:35] CHIKA**
You don't need to eat with the
Koigahama Highlands group?
**[17:39] MIZUHO**
Is there a problem? I just wanted
to eat with you today, Chika.
**[17:42] CHIKA**
That's a shame.
**[17:44] CHIKA**
Their groupies will come for you.
**[17:46] MIZUHO**
Yeah, right.
**[17:47] MIZUHO**
There's no way that will—
**[17:49] SUZUKI**
Nishino-san.
**[17:51] SUZUKI**
Could you give this to Kizuki-kun?
**[17:54] MIZUHO**
What?
**[17:55] SUZUKI**
It's a gift from us.
**[17:58] MIZUHO**
He's right there.
Why don't you do it yourself?
**[18:01] SUZUKI**
I can't do that!
**[18:02] FUJITA**
I can't even breathe
when we make eye contact!
**[18:04] MIZUHO**
Wh-What's so great about him?
**[18:07] SUZUKI**
Please!
**[18:10] MIZUHO**
Wait!
**[18:12] CHIKA**
They're so pure.
**[18:13] MIZUHO**
What?
**[18:16] MIZIUNO/ID**
*Why Kizuki?*
**[18:18] MIZIUNO/ID**
*He's just a crybaby.*
**[18:20] (Flashback) KIZUKI**
Mi-chan, don't go yet.
**[18:26] (Flashback) MIZUHO**
Kizuki...
**[18:28] (Flashback) MIZUHO**
I'll stay with you.
**[18:30] MIZUHO/ID**
* When we were kids, Kizuki often*
* missed school because of his asthma.*
**[18:34] (Flashback) MIZUHO**
Look. I drew something for you today, too.
**[18:40] (Flashback) KIZUKI**
You'll definitely be a manga artist
when you grow up.
**[18:43] MIZUHO/ID**
*It made me happy when Kizuki laughed.*
**[18:47] (Flashback) KIZUKI**
You're a genius, Mi-chan.
**[18:49] (Flashback) MIZUHO**
Say it again.
**[18:50] (Flashback) KIZUKI**
You're the greatest of all geniuses.
**[18:54] (Flashback) KIZUKI**
You're amazing.
**[18:56] EDITOR**
This is pretty average.
**[18:59] MIZUHO**
I see...
**[19:02] EDITOR**
I want to see you write
something only you can make.
**[19:05] EDITOR**
Why don't you try writing a school
romance in your own words?
**[19:10] MIZUHO**
I-I can't do that.
**[19:12] MIZUHO**
My love life is hardly interesting,
and I lack experience.
**[19:16] EDITOR**
That can't be true.
**[19:17] EDITOR**
You're a current high
school student, after all.
**[19:20] EDITOR**
I'm sure you live an exciting and
sparkling adolescence every day.
**[19:24] MIZUHO**
Sparkling? My life isn't sparkling.
**[19:30] EDITOR**
Are you sure?
**[19:33] EDITOR**
I think you just don't realize it.
**[19:45] MIZUHO**
He rejected everything.
**[19:47] AIRU**
Mizuho!
**[19:50] AIRU**
Hey!
**[19:51] AIRU**
Mizuho!
**[19:54] MIZUHO**
Airu.
**[19:55] AIRU**
Look.
**[19:58] AIRU**
An editor gave me all this makeup.
**[20:01] AIRU**
Want one?
**[20:03] MIZUHO**
Wow, you really are a charismatic influencer.
**[20:07] AIRU**
What's wrong?
**[20:11] MIZUHO**
Anyway, you know how it goes.
**[20:13] AIRU**
I see. Adolescence, huh?
**[20:16] AIRU**
Well, just draw a new one.
**[20:20] AIRU**
My treat today.
**[20:22] MIZUHO**
Do people really experience
heart-pounding excitement every day?
**[20:30] MIZUHO**
Watching the fireworks display
with my crush was my dream,
**[20:33] MIZUHO**
but now that's not happening
because of the infectious disease.
**[20:37] MIZUHO/ID**
*Besides, Senpai rejected me.*
**[20:40] MIZUHO**
Oh, right.
**[20:44] AIRU**
What's that?
**[20:45] MIZUHO**
Some of my classmates asked me
to give this to Kizuki.
**[20:49] AIRU**
What?
**[20:54] AIRU**
Mizuho, do you not care about
other girls approaching Kizuki?
**[20:59] MIZUHO**
What?
**[21:01] MIZUHO**
Why would I?
**[21:02] MIZUHO**
Kizuki's the baby of our group, right?
**[21:05] AIRU**
Then go give it to him now.
**[21:09] AIRU**
He's probably still swimming at the pool.
**[21:16] MIZUHO/ID**
*What's Airu's problem? Go now?*
**[21:20] MIZUHO/ID**
*He doesn't know how I feel.*
**[21:22] MIZUHO/ID**
* I don't want to be alone*
* with Kizuki right now.*
**[21:37] KIZUKI**
Mizuho.
**[21:40] KIZUKI**
What's up? Wanna go home together?
**[21:42] MIZUHO**
I have something for you.
**[21:45] KIZUKI**
What?
**[21:46] MIZUHO**
Here.
**[21:48] KIZUKI**
Did you make these? I love them. Thanks.
**[21:51] MIZUHO**
No, my classmates Suzuki-san and Fujita-san
asked me to give them to you.
**[21:57] MIZUHO**
They said it was a gift.
**[22:03] MIZUHO**
Kizuki?
**[22:05] KIZUKI**
Give them back.
**[22:09] MIZUHO**
What?
**[22:12] MIZUHO**
Hey, wait!
**[22:14] MIZUHO**
What's wrong?
**[22:19] KIZUKI**
Don't you care, Mizuho?
**[22:22] KIZUKI**
Don't you care if I accept a gift like that?
**[22:31] MIZUHO**
No, I don't.
**[22:33] MIZUHO**
I'm leaving.
**[22:43] KIZUKI**
Don't go yet.
**[22:47] MIZUHO**
Kizuki...
**[22:52] MIZUHO/ID**
*He used to be smaller and weaker than me.*
**[22:59] MIZUHO**
That's too tight.
**[23:01] MIZUHO**
Let go of me!
**[23:19] KIZUKI**
Mizuho, have you ever thought of me...
**[23:23] KIZUKI**
as a man?
**[23:29] MIZUHO**
No.
**[23:36] KIZUKI**
Well, I'm confident.
**[23:41] KIZUKI**
I know you'll fall in love with me.
**[23:46] MIZUHO**
What are you—
**[24:09] SIGN**
# 2 I'll Be By Your Side