Yeah, it's really good!

I love this song.

It's from their debut.

I know!

Hey, Inaba.

Y-Yeah, I know, I know!

I know, right~

Did you see yesterday's interview?

Of course, I saw all of it.

I'm really looking forward to their new album.

Isn't Toshiya kinda fat?

No~

I have to remember.

It's just one phrase.

One member's name is "Toshiya".

On the way home today, let's go to that store.

My parents are going to buy me a smart phone.

Eh?

Territory Cannibal? I've never heard of them...

But they're famous.

I guess they've only just made their debut.

Their nickname is TerrCann.

I'll remember that...

Ah, so Toshiya plays the guitar...

Inaba, the next PE class is on the track! Let's hurry and go.

Ah, ok...

That's cute...

Ah, this? Everyone has it on their wrists nowadays.

Eh, is that so...

Everyone has one.

A Fluttering Consciousness is Zero Grams First Part

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Did you see their blog yesterday?

I did!

B-Blog?

TerrCann's blog!

They released a promotional video.

Their... blog.

Even though I don't like them, I'll have to check it.

Ah...

Not yet...

The background looks like that park nearby.

Eh, seriously?

Hey, let's go take a look.

Ah, sorry. It's nothing.

Oh, so it's near by!

I have to.

I have to

Be included in their conversation.

What's popular, what's in,

I have to say

That I know about them.

Because...

I'll be left out... The verb "to be left out" literally means "to float". I will be translating it both ways (depending on the context). However, different characters may interpret it differently, so please keep both meanings in mind as you read.

I'll be left out from the class...

Whoa, sorry.

I can hear... the sound.

Ah

Ah, really? I didn't push it in deep enough.

Was it too loud?

No.

You're the first person, aside from myself, that I've seen playing that game.

Eh, Inaba-san, you know about this?

How far did you get?

Haha... Actually, I've already finished it completely.

Seriously~?

Give me some tips.

Inaba.

We're going to go home.

Are you coming?

Y-Yeah.

Is that ok? Aren't you talking with Nozomi right now?

Ah, yeah...

He'll be fine...

That was the first time

I see. Ok, let's go.

I talked to someone in my class about games.

Nozomi-kun.

I had never talked to him before then.

In any case,

Nozomi is left out from the class.

Nozomi-kun always does things at his own pace...

He's never with anyone.

Most of the time, he's by himself, doing something.

So it's hard to talk to him.

I...

I couldn't stand

Being left out like that.

How they would be talking behind my back,

Saying "she's being left out."

Inaba-san,

Are you busy right now?

Eh, no, I'm not...

About the app.

Ah, from yesterday.

Whoa.

Inaba's really close with Nozomi.

The game.

Stop. Everyone's watching...

The game...

I haven't heard Nozomi talk in a long time.

Hey~

Inaba and Nozomi are talking.

Sorry. I'm left out,

So I made you feel terrible.

Later.

Ah

Inaba~

Let's go to the music room.

Feel terrible?

O-Ok...

I would hate being left out,

And honestly, would just look away.

The one who would feel terrible

Is Nozomi-kun...

Inaba, are you close with Nozomi?

Eh, why...?

Nozomi doesn't talk to anyone in that class that much.

But Nozomi went up and talked to you.

Give me some tips.

Anyway, Nozomi is going to skip again right?

For music, for PE,

He's never there.

Ah, he's probably on the roof, right? It must be nice

To be smart.

Ahhh, once again,

He's going to be left out.

If he skips class,

He's going to be left out from the class again.

Wah

You surprised me.

I thought you were a teacher.

What are you doing?

Nozomi-kun...

Eh, nothing.

Actually, Inaba-san, you're really good at surprising people.

The rooftop... Is really windy...

I feel like I'll be blown away like this.

Could it be that you're afraid of heights?

There's a fence, so you won't fall.

But there's so much... wind pressure.

So, if I float, I... might get blown away. But there's so much... pressure. If I'm left out, I... might get blown away.

In reality, when I'm in the classroom, I'm like that.

I match everyone's steps.

If they go right, and I do too,

Ummm... Sorry for saying something weird.

You call always having such an uneasy feeling

"Being at ease"?

That's weird.

U-Umm, I don't want to be called weird

By you of all people, Nozomi-kun!

Don't yell so loud.

Inaba-san, you're also skipping class, right? You'll get caught by a teacher.

N...!

No! I just... wanted to...

Apologize.

Earlier in the classroom... When you were talking about the game...

Everyone was clamoring around, and I got irritated...

So I got quiet... Umm...

Ah~! So you came to talk about the game now.

I'm saying that I hate being looked at weirdly by everyone, so I'm sorry for behaving so badly.

Weirdly...

S-Sorry.

It's not like you'll die

If you get looked at weirdly.

...What's that?

Eh?

A MD. Minidisc.

M...?

A band I've always liked broke up.

They didn't put out any CDs.

So this disc is the only thing that's left.

I listen to it sometimes.

Inaba-san, do you have an artist that you like?

Te...

I have to remember.

The things that everyone likes.

I have to remember.

...I don't.

I don't know my own likes,

The things I got used to like I was in a trance,

Or a song that I always want to listen to, like you.

I don't know anything...

Here.

It's their first song.

The sound is kind of bad,

This is my favorite.

Were you listening to me?

Not really.

I see.

Ah

I might like this.

They have a kind of weird way of singing,

But the high pitched voice is really beautiful.

What's that on your arm?

A flower?

Yeah.

I really like it. Everyone has a matching one.

Matching ones, huh.

If everyone else stops wearing it,

What would you do?

Eh...

The battery ran out.

I could only let you hear one song.

U-Umm, I really

Like that song! I can't really explain it.

Was that their most popular song?

Popular?

Not a single one of their songs was popular.

That's why they broke up.

But that one was my

"Favorite song".

The ground is cold.

In middle school,

I once brought my favorite manga to school.

Everyone said "I've never heard of it", "It's boring".

I stopped reading that manga.

Just because my thoughts, and everyone else's, was different.

That was the only reason.

Nozomi-kun, aren't you scared of "being left out"

From the class?

Eh, am I being left out?

Yeah...

As I get left out more and more, I can see the tops of everyone's heads.

At that point, there's nothing. I have no friends.

No one realizes I'm there.

Inaba-san, are you that scared of being left out from the class?

It's not as if your body will actually start floating through the air.

That's...

That's true, but...

Isn't it the same thing?

I pretend and pretend, to match everyone's heights.

That me is definitely a lie.

It's definitely uncomfortable.

But, being stuck on the ceiling of the classroom and unable to come down

Is worse than having your feet be cold,

So I want to stand on the floor.