# 1 - Our First Promise
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY19NQ2QR/girl-friend-beta)
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**[00:30] M**
Kokomi, you have practice this morning, right?
**[00:33] M**
Wake up.
**[00:45] Kokomi**
Good morning.
**[00:52] Kokomi**
Good morning.
**[00:54] D**
Good morning, Kokomi.
**[00:56] M**
You'd better eat quickly or you'll be late.
**[00:59] Kokomi**
Thanks for breakfast.
**[01:01] D**
You have practice this morning?
**[01:03] ---**
Is there a tournament coming up?
**[01:05] M**
She's hoping to place in
the prefectural tournament.
**[01:08] M**
You'll have to work hard.
**[01:09] Kokomi**
Right!
**[01:12] Kokomi**
I'm going now!
**[01:14] M**
Take care!
***SIGN*** Our First Promise
**[03:04] R**
Good morning!
**[03:07] Kokomi**
Good morning.
**[03:09] R**
Morning!
**[03:10] Haruko**
I'm going to need to add more fertilizer soon.
**[03:15] Rui**
That's right.
**[03:18] Rui**
Tachibana-sensei!
**[03:20] Akiho**
Good morning!
**[03:22] Tachibana**
Good morning, Kamijou-san,
**[03:24] Tachibana**
Shigetou-san.
**[03:26] Kokomi**
Good morning, Tachibana-sensei!
**[03:29] Tachibana**
Good morning, Shiina-san.
**[03:31] Kazuha**
Oh, good morning.
**[03:33] Kokomi**
Keep at it, Kumada-san.
**[03:43] Kokomi**
Harumiya-san!
**[03:45] Kokomi**
Good morning!
**[03:47] Tsugumi**
Good morning, Shiina-san!
**[03:48] Tsugumi**
Good luck at practice!
**[03:50] Kokomi**
Right!
**[03:52] Yuzuko**
Ah, Shiina-senpai.
**[03:55] Yuzuko**
It's almost time for your rhythmic
gymnastics tournament, right?
**[03:57] Kokomi**
It's the Sunday after next.
**[03:59] Kokomi**
There's not much time left,
so I'm a little worried.
**[04:03] Yuzuko**
You'll be fine, Shiina-senpai!
**[04:05] Yuzuko**
I'm rooting for you!
**[04:06] Kokomi**
Thank you, Hazuki-san.
**[04:20] Kokomi**
All right.
**[04:27] BA**
Good morning, Shiina-san.
**[04:29] Kokomi**
Good morning.
**[05:01] Erena**
That was close.
**[05:02] Kokomi**
Mochizuki-senpai.
**[05:03] Erena**
Sorry about that...
**[05:05] Erena**
Did I distract you?
**[05:06] Kokomi**
Sorry, I'm not good with having my
picture taken while I'm practicing.
**[05:10] Erena**
But you were just so cute, Kokomi-chan.
**[05:14] Kokomi**
Senpai...
**[05:16] Erena**
Could you pose like that again for me?
**[05:20] Kokomi**
Huh?
**[05:21] Erena**
Those things are "clubs," right?
**[05:23] Erena**
It looked really pretty when
you were tossing them around.
**[05:26] Erena**
Could you do it one more time?
**[05:30] Kokomi**
Um... Mochizuki-senpai...
**[05:34] Erena**
You're so adorable, Kokomi-chan.
**[05:37] ---**
Um...
**[05:39] Kokomi**
I can't focus when people are watching me...
**[05:42] Kokomi**
I'm sorry.
**[05:43] Erena**
Really?
**[05:44] Erena**
It'll be even better practice
for your competitions, then.
**[05:48] Kokomi**
Huh?
**[05:48] Erena**
I'll watch you.
**[05:51] Erena**
That way, you can practice your concentration.
**[05:54] Kokomi**
No, that's not what I...
**[05:57] Chloe**
Non, non. Erena-san, that's no good.
**[06:00] Erena**
Who's there?
**[06:02] Chloe**
I'm Chloe Lemaire.
**[06:05] Chloe**
Practice is a sacred thing.
**[06:09] Chloe**
No one should interfere.
**[06:13] Chloe**
I think your request is extremely selfish.
**[06:17] Erena**
I can't?
**[06:19] Chloe**
No.
**[06:22] Erena**
That's too bad.
**[06:23] Erena**
Fine.
**[06:26] Erena**
Hm?
**[06:27] Erena**
Next time, let me get some pictures of you
**[06:29] ---**
when you're done with practice.
**[06:31] Kokomi**
Huh?
**[06:32] Erena**
See you later, Kokomi-chan.
**[06:36] Chloe**
Erena-san is just impossible.
**[06:40] Chloe**
I'm sorry.
**[06:41] Chloe**
She just really likes girls.
**[06:44] ---**
I don't think she means any harm.
**[06:48] Kokomi**
No, not at all.
**[06:50] Kokomi**
Thank you, Lemaire-san.
**[06:52] Chloe**
I know of you.
**[06:55] Kokomi**
Huh?
**[06:55] Chloe**
Kokomi Shiina-san.
**[06:57] Chloe**
A second-year.
**[06:58] Chloe**
A cute and pretty girl.
**[07:00] Kokomi**
Th-Thank you.
**[07:02] Chloe**
Oh, yeah.
**[07:03] Chloe**
Do you know what this means?
**[07:06] Chloe**
"Mimi in the wall, Mary in the door."
**[07:09] Kokomi**
Mary?
**[07:10] Chloe**
Are they sisters? Friends?
**[07:13] Chloe**
And why is Mimi in a wall?
**[07:17] Kokomi**
Um, the "Mimi" isn't a girl's name.
It's the Japanese word for "ears."
**[07:24] ---**
Oh!
**[07:25] Kokomi**
And "Mary" is "me ari," which means "have eyes."
**[07:27] ---**
Oh, my!
**[07:28] Kokomi**
So it's "The walls have ears
and the doors have eyes."
**[07:33] Kokomi**
It's a Japanese idiom that means you never know
**[07:35] ---**
who's listening to you or watching you,
even if you're being secretive,
**[07:40] ---**
so you should be careful what you say and do.
**[07:43] Chloe**
Oh, très bien!
**[07:45] Chloe**
Wonderful.
**[07:47] Chloe**
What a wonderfully literary expression.
**[07:51] Chloe**
Now I can add something
new to my Japan notebook.
**[07:55] Chloe**
Thank you!
**[07:57] Kokomi**
Um, you're welcome.
**[08:00] Chloe**
Will you teach me more things, Kokomi-san?
**[08:05] Kokomi**
Sure, if I can.
**[08:08] Chloe**
Merci, Kokomi-san.
**[08:10] Chloe**
Let us meet again.
**[08:21] Kokomi**
This is...
**[08:34] Nao**
Hm? Kokomi-chan?
**[08:36] Nao**
What's wrong?
**[08:38] Kokomi**
Um, have you seen Lemaire-san?
**[08:41] Nao**
Lemaire-san?
**[08:43] Nao**
The third-year girl?
**[08:45] Nao**
I just got here, so I'm not sure.
**[08:51] Nao**
Hm?
**[08:52] Nao**
You better get changed, or you'll be late.
**[08:55] Kokomi**
Oh, yeah!
**[09:04] Kokomi**
I made it in time...
**[09:08] Emi**
Sorry!
**[09:10] Kokomi**
Good morning, Sagara-san.
**[09:13] Kokomi**
Practicing your juggling?
**[09:15] Emi**
Thanks.
**[09:16] Emi**
I can do four balls at once, but...
**[09:21] Kokomi**
It's always hard to handle props in gymnastics.
**[09:24] Emi**
Yeah, clubs are really hard, too, right?
**[09:28] Emi**
How do you do it, Kokomi-chan?
**[09:29] Kokomi**
I think the trick is to make use
of their centrifugal force.
**[09:34] Emi**
Centrifugal force?
**[09:35] Kokomi**
It's a snap of the wrist.
**[09:37] Emi**
I get it.
**[09:39] Emi**
A snap, huh?
**[09:40] Marika**
But if you try to catch their
weight with just your wrists,
**[09:43] ---**
it's easy to hurt yourself, so be careful.
**[09:45] Emi**
Got it!
**[09:46] Marika**
How is that finger you jammed the other day?
**[09:49] Kokomi**
Saeki-san took a look at it for me.
**[09:51] Kokomi**
It's fine now.
**[09:56] Marika**
Looks good to me.
**[09:58] Marika**
It doesn't feel feverish, either.
**[09:59] Marika**
That's good.
**[10:00] Emi**
Marika-chan, you're like the
nightingale of Seiou Academy.
**[10:04] Marika**
I'm on the health committee.
**[10:05] ---**
I have to know this stuff.
**[10:08] Kokomi**
Um, I have a question.
**[10:09] Both**
Hm?
**[10:10] Kokomi**
Do you know Chloe Lemaire-san, the third-year?
**[10:13] Emi**
Of course.
**[10:14] Marika**
She's famous throughout the school.
**[10:17] Kokomi**
I only know she's a French exchange student.
**[10:21] Emi**
Yeah, so she's living in the dorms.
**[10:24] Marika**
Apparently, she's really interested in Japan.
**[10:26] Marika**
The other day, she came to the nurse's office
**[10:28] ---**
and took pictures of the eye chart.
**[10:31] Marika**
She said it was different from French ones.
**[10:33] Emi**
She's even interested in stuff like that?
**[10:35] Marika**
Yeah.
**[10:36] Kokomi**
Do you know what class she's in?
**[10:38] Marika**
Class A, I believe.
**[10:39] Marika**
Why?
**[10:41] Kokomi**
There's something I'd like to return to her.
**[10:44] Tachibana**
Good morning, everyone.
**[10:46] All**
Good morning.
**[10:52] Tachibana**
It's almost the season for fall tournaments,
**[10:54] ---**
the cultural fair, and other events,
**[10:57] ---**
but I want you all to make sure you're careful
**[10:59] ---**
not to injure yourselves.
**[11:18] Kokomi**
S-Sorry!
**[11:19] Kokomi**
I was spacing out...
**[11:21] Kanata**
Oh, I'm sorry, too.
**[11:25] Kokomi**
The student council president!
**[11:26] Kanata**
My name's Kanata Amatsu.
**[11:29] Kanata**
And you're... Kokomi Shiina-san, correct?
**[11:33] Kokomi**
You know who I am?
**[11:35] Kanata**
Yes.
**[11:36] Kanata**
You're famous.
**[11:38] Kanata**
You're the ace of the rhythmic gymnastics team.
**[11:41] Kanata**
I've seen many of your performances,
**[11:44] Kanata**
and they were all wonderful!
**[11:46] Kokomi**
Thank you very much.
**[11:48] Mutsumi**
President, where are you going?
**[11:50] Mutsumi**
You still have all this work left to do.
**[11:53] Kanata**
Oh, my. What a problem.
**[11:56] Mutsumi**
You promised to read over this
material by the end of today.
**[12:00] Kanata**
Can't I just leave that to you, Mutsumi-chan?
**[12:04] Mutsumi**
No, you can't.
**[12:06] Mutsumi**
I'm just the secretary.
**[12:07] Kanata**
But...
**[12:09] Mutsumi**
I won't spoil you like the vice president does.
**[12:12] Kanata**
You're so strict, Mutsumi-chan.
**[12:16] Kanata**
By the way, Shiina-san.
**[12:18] Kanata**
You're a second-year, so why were
you in a third-year classroom?
**[12:23] Kokomi**
I'm actually looking for Lemaire-san.
**[12:27] Kanata**
Let's see.
**[12:29] Kanata**
She was here until just a second ago...
**[12:32] Kanata**
Chloe-san tends to appear and
disappear unexpectedly.
**[12:35] Kanata**
Do you need her for something?
**[12:37] Kokomi**
Yes.
**[12:38] ---**
If you have any idea where she might be,
I'd appreciate it if you could tell me.
**[12:43] Kanata**
Well...
**[12:44] Mutsumi**
I see her in the library quite often.
**[12:48] Kanata**
How about taking a look in the library?
**[12:51] Kanata**
It seems like she's always researching something.
**[12:54] Kokomi**
I will.
**[12:55] Kokomi**
Thank you very much.
**[13:09] R**
Stand.
**[13:10] R**
Bow.
**[13:19] Kokomi**
Oh, excuse me!
**[13:22] Saya**
You seem to be in quite the hurry.
**[13:24] Kokomi**
I'm sorry.
**[13:25] Saya**
Good timing.
**[13:26] Saya**
I wanted to interview you
for the school newspaper.
**[13:29] Kokomi**
Interview?
**[13:30] Saya**
Yes.
**[13:31] Saya**
I'm gathering comments from prominent athletes
**[13:33] ---**
who are participating in the fall tournaments.
**[13:35] Kokomi**
Comments?
**[13:37] Kokomi**
Well...
**[13:39] Saya**
Let's start with what you hope to achieve.
**[13:41] Kokomi**
Well, I am trying to place
higher than I did last year.
**[13:45] Saya**
Are you trying to make it to nationals?
**[13:46] Kokomi**
Yes, I'd like to go, if possible.
**[13:49] Kokomi**
For that, I need to get a good rank
in the prefectural tournament first.
**[13:54] Nonoka**
Oh, Kokomi-chan and Saya-san.
**[13:57] Nonoka**
What are you two doing here?
**[14:00] Saya**
I'm interviewing Shiina-san.
**[14:02] Nonoka**
How wonderful.
**[14:04] Nonoka**
When will that be printed?
**[14:06] Saya**
We're shooting for next week.
**[14:08] Saya**
Hm? What's wrong, Shiina-san?
**[14:11] Kokomi**
Huh?
**[14:11] Saya**
Your face is red.
**[14:12] Kokomi**
No, it's nothing.
**[14:14] Nonoka**
Oh, dear. Do you have a fever?
**[14:19] Kokomi**
Sasahara-senpai...
**[14:21] Nonoka**
This is terrible.
**[14:22] Nonoka**
You're burning up.
**[14:23] Nonoka**
Are you okay?
**[14:24] Nonoka**
Do you need to go to the nurse's office?
**[14:25] Kokomi**
No, I'm fine.
**[14:27] Nonoka**
But you're really feverish...
**[14:29] Kokomi**
It's nothing, really!
**[14:34] Kokomi**
Excuse me, Sasahara-senpai,
Kagurazaka-senpai.
**[14:52] ---**
Girl Friend BETA.
**[15:11] Akane**
Good afternoon!
**[15:13] Akane**
How is everyone spending their lunch break?
**[15:17] Akane**
This is Akane Sakurai,
and I'll be your host every week,
**[15:21] ---**
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays,
with upbeat music and fun talks
**[15:24] ---**
to liven up your lunch breaks at Seiou Academy.
**[15:27] Akane**
Okay, it's now time for "Q & Akane,"
**[15:31] ---**
where I'll answer any questions
or worries you might have!
**[15:45] ---**
Um...
**[15:46] Kokomi**
You're Fumio Murakami-san, on the
librarian committee, correct?
**[15:51] Fumio**
Yes.
**[15:51] Kokomi**
I'm Kokomi Shiina, a second-year.
**[15:55] Kokomi**
Is Chloe Lemaire-san here?
**[15:58] Fumio**
I haven't seen her today.
**[16:01] Fumio**
She was here yesterday, saying she
wanted to research flower arrangement.
**[16:06] Kokomi**
Flower arrangement?
**[16:07] Fumio**
Yes.
**[16:08] Fumio**
Do you need her for something?
**[16:10] Kokomi**
Yes. I have something to give to her.
**[16:13] Kokomi**
Do you think she might be in the
flower arrangement club room?
**[16:16] Fumio**
It's possible.
**[16:17] Fumio**
She's been rather interested in flower
arrangement and tea ceremonies lately.
**[16:22] Fumio**
She might be there.
**[16:24] Kokomi**
Thank you.
**[16:26] Kokomi**
I'll check it out.
***SIGN*** Flower Arrangement Club
**[16:39] Akane**
Well, lunch break is almost over.
**[16:43] Akane**
So, everyone, good luck
in your afternoon classes!
**[16:47] Akane**
See you. Bye-bye!
**[16:54] Nodoka**
Good work.
**[16:55] ---**
You, too.
**[16:57] Akane**
I stuttered a little bit.
**[16:59] Nodoka**
Really? I couldn't tell at all.
**[17:01] Nodoka**
It was fine!
**[17:06] T**
It was because the negotiations broke down that...
**[17:24] R**
See you later.
**[17:27] ---**
Let's stop by the café.
**[17:29] ---**
I'm so hungry.
**[17:30] ---**
I'm in! I really want some lemonade.
**[17:33] ---**
He still isn't back.
**[17:35] ---**
Yeah. I wonder where he is.
**[17:36] ---**
How far did he go, anyway?
**[17:39] Kokomi**
I'm sure this picture is important to her.
**[17:42] Kokomi**
I'd like to give it back to her today.
***SIGN*** Flower Arrangement Club
**[17:53] Isuzu**
Haruko, the flowers that you bring us
**[17:56] ---**
are always so lively.
**[18:01] Haruko**
That's because you arrange them
so thoughtfully, Isuzu-chan.
**[18:06] Both**
Hm?
**[18:06] Kokomi**
Excuse me.
**[18:09] Kokomi**
I'm sorry, but is Lemaire-san here?
**[18:12] Isuzu**
She left not too long ago.
**[18:15] Kokomi**
Huh? Where was she going?
**[18:17] Isuzu**
Who knows?
**[18:18] Isuzu**
The library, the courtyard, the athletic field...
**[18:21] Isuzu**
Or maybe the science classroom?
**[18:23] Isuzu**
She never stays in one place long.
**[18:26] Isuzu**
Who knows where she went?
**[18:28] Haruko**
She's always flitting about, like a butterfly.
**[18:32] Kokomi**
I see...
**[18:43] Kokomi**
The library, the gymnasium,
the science classroom...
**[18:47] Kokomi**
She wasn't in any of them...
**[18:57] Kokomi**
Now that I think about it, I didn't eat lunch today.
**[19:12] Chloe**
That's Kokomi-san.
**[19:18] Kokomi**
If I don't see her today,
**[19:20] ---**
maybe I should wait outside
her class early tomorrow.
**[19:24] Chloe**
Octopus hot dogs!
**[19:26] Kokomi**
L-Lemaire-san?!
**[19:28] Chloe**
Japanese lunches are so beautiful.
**[19:33] Chloe**
Could I take a picture?
**[19:35] Kokomi**
G-Go ahead.
**[19:39] Chloe**
Meatballs, baby tomatoes, onigiri...
**[19:42] Chloe**
They're all wonderful.
**[19:45] Chloe**
I love the fried egg, especially.
**[19:48] Kokomi**
W-Would you like some?
**[19:52] Chloe**
Oui! Oui!
**[20:00] Chloe**
It's not sweet!
**[20:02] Kokomi**
Huh?
**[20:03] Chloe**
The fried egg sushi I had was sweet,
**[20:06] Chloe**
but your fried egg isn't.
**[20:10] Kokomi**
I'm sorry.
**[20:11] Kokomi**
You didn't like it?
**[20:13] Chloe**
Non! That's not it!
**[20:15] ---**
It's delicious.
**[20:17] Chloe**
I loved it!
**[20:19] Chloe**
C'est bon!
**[20:20] Kokomi**
I'm glad.
**[20:24] Chloe**
I heard you were looking for me.
**[20:28] Chloe**
Kanata-san, Saya-san, Fumio-san, Isuzu-san...
**[20:32] Chloe**
Lots of people told me.
**[20:34] Chloe**
The walls have ears and the doors have eyes.
**[20:37] Chloe**
And Seiou Academy has Chloe Lemaire!
**[20:42] Kokomi**
Oh, yeah. Actually...
**[20:46] Kokomi**
This is your photo, right?
**[20:49] Chloe**
Oh, my.
**[20:51] Chloe**
Where did you find it?
**[20:53] Kokomi**
In the gymnasium this morning.
**[20:55] Chloe**
Did I drop it?
**[20:58] Chloe**
I didn't even notice.
**[21:01] Chloe**
So, this is why you were searching for me?
**[21:05] Kokomi**
Yes.
**[21:06] Kokomi**
I wanted to give it back
to you as soon as I could.
**[21:13] Kokomi**
L-Lemaire-san?!
**[21:15] Chloe**
Merci, Kokomi-san!
**[21:17] Chloe**
That picture means a lot to me!
**[21:20] Chloe**
I'm sure I would have been
very sad if I had lost it.
**[21:24] Kokomi**
I didn't think you'd be so happy, Lemaire-san...
**[21:28] Chloe**
Non! Call me Chloe.
**[21:31] Kokomi**
Huh?
**[21:32] Chloe**
Lemaire is my last name.
**[21:34] Chloe**
Chloe is my name.
**[21:35] Chloe**
And I'll call you Kokomi.
**[21:40] Kokomi**
Oh...
**[21:41] Kokomi**
Okay,
**[21:42] ---**
Chloe-san.
**[21:44] Chloe**
Oui!
**[21:46] Chloe**
I'd like to thank you.
**[21:48] Chloe**
What would you like?
**[21:50] Chloe**
I'll do whatever you want, Kokomi.
**[21:53] Kokomi**
You don't need to thank me.
**[21:55] Chloe**
Non, non!
**[21:57] Chloe**
I'm going to do something for you!
**[22:00] Kokomi**
Um...
**[22:02] Kokomi**
Um...
**[22:04] Chloe**
Can I not do anything for you?
**[22:08] Kokomi**
Huh? Um, well...
**[22:11] Kokomi**
Can you let me think about it for a little while?
**[22:15] Kokomi**
When I decide on something, I'll ask you.
**[22:18] Chloe**
Of course!
**[22:19] Chloe**
Promise on *harakiri!*
**[22:22] Kokomi**
That's not right, Chloe-san!
**[22:24] Kokomi**
It's *yubikiri* (pinky swear), not *harakiri.*
**[22:27] Chloe**
Tee-hee. I messed up.
***SIGN*** Preview
**[24:11] Kokomi**
Kokomi Shiina here.
**[24:12] Kokomi**
I feel like I've never done
**[24:14] ---**
a perfect performance since
**[24:16] ---**
I started rhythmic gymnastics.
**[24:18] Kokomi**
I need to try harder.
**[24:20] ---**
Next time: Blue Melon Buns.
***SIGN*** Episode 2: Blue Melon Buns
***SIGN*** I hope you'll watch.