The narrator introduces us to a new student at Minamoto Elementary School, named March. He introduces himself as "a weird name" , and introduces himself to the other students as "chan" . He asks if they have hair ties like he does, and they tell him that they do, but that they don't bring them to school because they're not supposed to do so. He tells them that he's not lying, and that he hopes things will go well for March, since she's "the sociable type" at the school. He says that if something happens to her, he'll be able to pay for it with cash, and he hopes that she will be okay. The other students tell him about their new class, and march asks if there's anything that happened to Mizuha. He's surprised that she did not tell them about her dad's job, and says that he doesn't know if she'll answer him. He wants to see her smile again, and wants to know if something bad happened to her. He also asks if Mimori is doing mud balls with her, and she says that she is too, too. He mentions that Mimori's mother has had a bad day at school, too, and asks if he can bring water to bring her smile back.