Episode 1. A Girls' Dorm with an Outdoor Bath "It's a Hot-Spring"

A small girl is playing with a boy of her age. She tells him, with a kiss on his cheek, "You know, if a couple in love enter Tokyo University, they'll be happy ever after. We'll enter Tokyo University together when we grow up." But soon the girl moves out of the town, leaving the boy behind.

The boy, Urashima Keitarou, has grown up and finally pass the entrance exam of the university and meets the girl he has been in love. After happy university life, they marry... This is all dream [as expected ^_^;;]. His dream is miserably destroyed by his grandmother's kiss. In reality he has failed the exam twice and the girl in his memory is the only one who has loved him in his life. Yet he even doesn't remember her name.

As he brushes his teeth, his mother is surprised to see the bad result of a sham exam. "Are you still aiming Tokyo University?" He is not discouraged and tell her, "Ok, I'll leave this house and support myself! Does that suit you!?" To his surprise, it does ^_^;; In the meantime his father receives a phone call from Keitarou's grandmother.

Keitarou's grandmother, Hina, tells five women [Naru, Mitsune, Kaolla, Motoko and Haruka] that she quits being the caretaker for a change for her health. One of them [Naru] is shocked to hear this, "Without a caretaker, my parents will in no time..." But the old lady assures her that there won't be a problem. Another girl, Motoko, shows no interests about the issue and leaves for a training camp with her kendo outfit, "I leave the matter to you, Naru-senpai." Two other girls also do not take the issue seriously. The old lady leaves the place as the remaining woman [Haruka] sees her off.

Keitarou is in his another daydream at his prep school and shakes hands with a girl with thick glasses. She gets upset and hits him so strong. The girl is pretty famous because she was the top in the latest nationwide sham exam.

Having left his home, Keitarou goes to Hinata Onsen to see his grandmother, who askes him to come pver the phone. It is a small town where he met the girl when he was small. A lorry passing the very bridge where he saw the girl off reminds him of the day and he tries to draw her image without success [drawing is his hobby]. Then he notices a girl is sitting and crying near him. He starts sketching her, but in her smile. Three old men snatch his sketchbook and throw it to her. Naturally this surprises the girl and Keitarou, feeling embarrassed, runs away. She picks it up and tries to smile as in his sketch.

As Keitarou runs away from the girl, he recognises that the path is one to his grandmother's place, a big Japanese style inn. He goes into it and looks for her. But the entire building seems empty. He comes to an outdoor bath and decides to enjoy it. As he swims in the big hot-spring [this is supposed to be bad manners BTW], Naru comes into the bath and winks at him, "Hi!"

Naru is so short-sighted she thinks the one in the bath is Mitsune. She approaches him, "You know, my breasts are getting..." Then she touches something a woman can't have. She screams and runs away. But Keitarou must follow her because she keeps holding his thing ^_^;; Eventually he gets away from her and tries to apologise her with even worse result. Naru's punch sends him back into the changing room where Mitsune is changing. Keitarou runs away and Naru [how can she put clothes so quick!? ^_^;;] chases him. As he runs through the inn, Kaolla greets him with a range of model tanks.... they are models but their ammunition is real. The explosion blows him up to outside of the building where angry Naru and Mitsune are ready to beat him up. At last Keitarou learns that his grandmother has converted her inn to a girls' dorm.

A woman comes to the scene to save Keitarou. She is his aunt, Haruka. "Oh, Auntie Haruka!" But this displeases her a lot, "Call me Haruka-san" ^_^;;

Haruka introduces him to the girls. He is a student of Tokyo University and doesn't know anything but studying, an ideal person for the caretaker [Haruka, not knowing he has failed, really believes he is in TU]. Although Naru opposes strongly, the word "toudaisei (a TU student) is enough to win Mitsune's support. Kaolla, who doesn't know what TU is, is neutral and seems to be enjoying the situation. Haruka suggests the girls to talk about it during the evening.

Keitarou feels uneasy that he couldn't tell them the truth. Yet, if he becomes the caretaker, he secures a place to live... and perhaps something even better.

Then Mitsune comes to his room. She has come to seduce him and makes him touch her breast... in exchange for a month's rent ^_^;; Her tactics fail, however, as Naru and Kaolla come to the room. Naru is still very angry and shows no mercy.

Dejected Keitarou comes to a café Haruka runs. Then he tells the truth to her. He is going to tell it to the girls, too. Her reply surprises him, "But does it make anyone happy?" If he tells the them what he really is, probably they won't accept him as the caretaker. Without a caretaker, the dorm must be shut down and the girl has no choice but to leave. "There are bad lies and good lies, Keitarou." Naru, who happens to pass by, hears their conversation and remembers who he is.

Keitarou isn't moved by Haruka's words. He decided to leave and clean the dorm energetically as an apology for his lie. Yet he cannot resist straying into another daydream. Then the girl from the prep school appears. It is Naru [as if no one knew it ^_^;;]. She thinks he is cleaning the dorm in an attempt to worm into their favour but his real intention shocks her. After all they needs a caretaker. She tries to come closer to him but falls over him accidentally. Despite Keitarou in panic, she gently whispers, "How do you find the weight of reality?"

Mitsune and Kaolla come to the scene to find out what is going on. Just when Keitarou is about to tell the truth to the two girls, Naru cuts in to keep the secret. She has accepted him as the caretaker.

Next day Keitarou is taking a bath. It's a small bathtub away from the big one for the girls. But he is content to find a place to live... maybe not. His small complaint, "I'd rather have a cute girl nearby than such a violent one," is heard by Naru. Her punch sends him into the sky.

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