Nitori is the most adorable thing ever. Just check out some of these excerpts from the drama CD:
NITORI: “Nitori’s Roommate Diary, April.”
NITORI: [writing] I moved into my dorm room today, on order of Captain Mikoshiba. My new roommate is Matsuoka-senpai. I heard he studied abroad in Australia for swimming. I’ve seen Matsuoka-senpai swim before in a tournament for elementary school. The relay back then was so wonderful! Now I’m sharing a room with my role model… I’m so glad I joined Samezuka’s swim club! I hope I get to learn a lot from him… Ah, but there’s one problem. For the bunk beds in the dorm rooms… Which of us will take the top and bottom? Since he’s my senpai, he should be top, right? But whoever sleeps on top will have to climb up the ladder. I don’t know if I should let my senpai take the trouble… But the idea of me sleeping on top of Matsuoka-senpai seems kind of rude… What should I do?
[RIN enters the room]
NITORI: Ah! Matsuoka-senpai! I’ll be your roommate starting today! I’m Nitori Ai’ichirou! It’s nice to meet you!
RIN: Yeah.
NITORI: U–Um!
RIN: What?
NITORI: Ma–Matsuoka-senpai! Top or bottom… which do you prefer?
RIN: HUH?!
NITORI: Um… so… top or bottom…
RIN: HUHHHH?!
NITORI: The bed…
RIN: Ah… Tch. ……Bottom.
NITORI: Okay!
NITORI: [writing] Matsuoka-senpai likes the bottom.
NITORI: “Nitori’s Roommate Diary, July.”
NITORI: [writing] I had Matsuoka-senpai take a look at my English studies today. As expected from someone who lived in Australia for four years. He has perfect pronunciation. It’s as if I’m talking to a foreigner. Not only is he good at swimming, but he speaks fluent English. Not only is his English good, but he’s among the best ten in all of the school’s subjects. That alone is amazing but just yesterday I came upon something even more amazing. When I left campus for food shopping after practice was over, I saw Matsuoka-senpai pick up a stray cat in the rain and bring it home. Since we can’t keep pets in the dorms, the cat is living in an abandoned school building right now. Matsuoka-senpai is taking to it some leftover mackerel from dinner again. Normally he’s rude and kind of acts like a delinquent, but he’s studious and cool-looking and also a nice guy!
[out loud] He’s completely paafecto!
RIN: What’s perfect?
NITORI: P–P–Perfjakq…. N-nothing!
NITORI: “Nitori’s Roommate Diary, September.”
NITORI: [writing] With the district tournament over, Rin-senpai has reconciled with Nanase-senpai and the others. Thank goodness.
…I’m glad for him, but… it feels as if Rin-senpai is moving further and further away from me and it makes me feel lonely. No, it’ll be okay! That can’t be right! After all, Rin-senpai said he would make the best team at Samezuka. I’ve put even more effort into my training so I can enter the relay with him. Also, what made me happiest of all was when… after the district tournament was over, Rin-senpai called me by my first name. He called me “Ai.” It’s the same way he calls Nanase-senpai “Haru”! In other words, it means that Senpai recognizes me as a fully-fledged athlete!
[RIN walks in]
NITORI: Ah, Senpai!
RIN: Huh? What’s the matter… Nitori?
NITORI: Ni… Ni–Nitori…
RIN: Hm? What? What’s the matter… Nitori?
NITORI: Eh… N–Nitori… Nitori… Nitori… No! It’s nothing!
NITORI: [writing] It’s okay if he doesn’t call me that all the time. It’s because he only calls me that some of the time that the happiness when he does call me that increases!!!!!
MAKOTO: “Haruka VS Rin, The Crab Festival’s Peak Playoff!”
REI: What kind of festival is it this time?
HARUKA: The crab festival.
REI: First it’s squid, now it’s crab?
MAKOTO: Yep! In Iwatobi, we hold a grand squid festival in early summer and a grand crab festival in autumn every year.
REI: They sound like very high-class festivals…
NAGISA: Where should we start eating first? Crab croquettes? Or maybe crab miso-flavored yakisoba noodles, crab soup, or crab sticks?
RIN: Hey, Haru. The rest of you guys are here, too.
HARUKA: Rin!
NAGISA: You’re here too, Rin-chan! And the person next to you is… let me think…
NITORI: I’m Nitori Ai’ichirou.
NAGISA: Nice to meet you, Ai-chan!
NITORI: A–Ai-chan?!
HARUKA: Have you come here to pray for your victory again?
RIN: Not that I need god’s help, really. I can win on my own abilities. Come to think of it, I remember how I won the prefecturals and how you were no match for me, Haru.
HARUKA: There wasn’t much difference between us in that match. Heh. If you’re going to brag over something tiny like that, then you’ve become a tiny man, Rin.
RIN: What?!
NITORI: Wait, Rin-senpai! Not here!
RIN: He’s picked a fight with me, there’s no way I’m not taking it! Fight me, Haru!
HARUKA: Fine! We’ll settle the score on our freestyle match!
NAGISA: Yeah! I wanna see your fight!
REI: Don’t encourage them, Nagisa-kun!
MAKOTO: Yeah, you two! Don’t fight here!
HARUKA: It has to happen sooner or later.
RIN: Hah! I’ll end it in the blink of an eye.
HARUKA: You sound pretty confident.
RIN: How about whoever jumps in here, touches that crab fishing boat parked on that harbor and gets back first, wins?
HARUKA: Sounds interesting. Let’s do this, Rin!
RIN: Fight me, Haru!
[HARUKA and RIN hurriedly take their clothes off]
MAKOTO: Whoa… Their speed at taking off their belts isn’t ordinary!
REI: Wait, they’re both wearing swimsuits underneath their clothes!!!
NAGISA: Allow me to explain! On days when Haru-chan feels the water, he prepares by wearing a swimsuit underneath his clothes!
REI: Is that the same for Rin-san as well?
MAKOTO: No! Rin wore his because he had a feeling he’d be versing Haru today! …I think.
REI: You think?!
NITORI: Well, let’s begin! Ready… go!
[HARUKA and RIN swim back and forth]
NAGISA: You’re both so fast!
MAKOTO: Who was faster?!
REI: They both arrived at the same time!
RIN: Haru and I, the same?!
HARUKA: It’s a tie?!
RIN: Not a chance!
NITORI: Wait. It’s true that both of them arrived at the same time, but…
MAKOTO: But?
NITORI: When it comes to the speed at which they undressed, Rin-senpai was faster.
HARUKA: !
RIN: Hehe. Well, I don’t lose to anyone when it comes to being the fastest at undressing.
NAGISA: Nothing less from Rin-chan!
MAKOTO: That has nothing to do with swimming!
REI: Even if it did, there’s no way we can determine who was faster when we didn’t even keep track of time!
NITORI: No, we can. I’ve been recording the whole thing.
MAKOTO: Since when?!
NITORI: Watch this. I’ll rewind it.
RIN: How about whoever jumps in here, touches that crab fishing boat parked on that harbor and gets back first, wins?
HARUKA: Sounds interesting. Let’s do this, Rin!
RIN: Fight me, Haru!
[HARUKA and RIN hurriedly take their clothes off]
NITORI: See that?
MAKOTO: You’re right…
NAGISA: Rin-chan was faster…
RIN: Hehehe. Take that, Haru.
HARUKA: … [glares]
NAGISA: At this rate, Rin-chan will win…
HARUKA: One more time, Rin!
RIN: Fine by me, Haru. But the result will be the same no matter what you do.
HARUKA: Let’s do this, Rin!
RIN: Fight me, Haru!
[HARUKA and RIN hurriedly take their clothes off]
MAKOTO: Whoa… They’re so fast, I can’t even see their hands taking off their belts…
RIN: Take that!
NAGISA: Haru-chan wins this time!
REI: It was an undressing contest?!
NITORI: Now it’s one win, one loss, one draw each…
REI: No, wait, the speed at which you undress has nothing to do with anything!
RIN: One more time, Haru!
HARUKA: What do we fight with this time?
RIN: We’ve reached the height of the festival. How about some target practice?
HARUKA: Okay!
REI: You’re okay with that?!
MAKOTO: This is solid FREE!
NAGISA: Haru-chan, you can do it!
NITORI: “Nitori’s Roommate Diary, October.”
NITORI: [writing] I want to be able to handle any sort of challenge one day, just like Rin-senpai. Today, I tried ripping my clothes off really quickly in secret. [sigh] It’s pretty difficult. I’m not doing it as well as Rin-senpai does yet. I need to practice more!
NITORI: [pulling clothes off] Hah!
RIN: W–What are you doing, Nitori?
NITORI: Uhh… um… well, I… DON’T LOOK AT ME!!!
NITORI: “Nitori’s Roommate Diary, November.”
NITORI: [writing] Nanase-san and the others came to the room I share with Rin-senpai today. When Rin-senpai is with them, he shows different expressions than when he’s with me. Whenever I see him make those faces, I do get a little surprised, but…
NITORI: [writing but speaking out loud] It also makes me a little happy dot dot dot.
RIN: What makes you happy?
NITORI: Eh?! N–Nothing!
NITORI: “Nitori’s Roommate Diary, December.”
NITORI: [writing] I want to give Rin-senpai something as a Christmas present. Something to express my gratitude for him always watching out for me.
[RIN walks in, NITORI flings himself over his diary]
RIN: Hm? What’s the matter? What are you hiding?
NITORI: N–N–N–Nothing!!
RIN: Just show me. [snatches it up]
NITORI: Ah!!
RIN: Oh, a diary. You have one too, huh?
NITORI: “Too”…?
RIN: Huh?
NITORI: Eh?
NITORI: [writing] I think I’ll give him a new journal as a Christmas present.
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