For Real? A Double Date?

"For Real? A Double Date?" is the eleventh episode in Gokinjo Monogatari.

Plot
Yuusuke gives everyone free tickets to the amusement park. On the day they all agreed to go there only four of them ― Tsutomu, Mikako, Mariko, and Yuusuke ― actually show up. Jiro sleeps in, Risa couldn't leave her work due to her sub got a fever, and P-chan can't come because she needs to fix a torn-off ear for her Pucci Francoise. Mariko likes Tsutomu and Yuusuke is trying to hit on Mikako, thus the whole thing turns into something like a double date.

However, Mariko notices how Tsutomu looks at Mikako, he obviously likes her and feels jealous when Yuusuke puts a hand on her. His reaction makes Mariko burst into tears and they have an honest conversation about his feelings toward Mikako. They have to run away from the crowd that yet again mistakes Tsutomu for Nakagawa Ken. While hiding from the crowd on the Ferris Wheel Tsutomu finally admits that he likes Mikako, but doesn't know what to do with it. Mariko tells him that she understands him because she likes her childhood friend too and she also was scared of her feelings towards him. She says she wanted to play around while still young, she even moved to a different city and changed schools, but as she had fun with plenty of boyfriends she felt only empty inside. She thought she could feel something deep with Tsutomu, but obviously, it didn't work out. Tsutomu and Mikako's situation reminds her of her feelings towards her childhood friend. She says she wants to go to Yokohama during the seasonal school break to see her childhood friend.

While Mariko and Tsutomu talk about their feelings, Mikako and Yuusuke ride the Jet Coaster at least six times in a row. Eventually, Yuusuke succumbs to motion sickness and decides that Mikako is a too extreme girl to hit on. Mikako rides the Jet Coaster by herself till she feels sick. But the reason she does that has nothing to do with extreme personality, she simply feels lonely seeing Tsutomu with a girlfriend and is trying to shake off that feeling. She feels like Tsutomu dating someone is the biggest crisis in her life, yet she is ashamed to tell that to anyone.

When Mikako goes to get a drink she hears some shady people gossiping about her behind her back. At that moment Tsutomu finds her, grabs her hand, and walks away. Tsutomu saves her as always, "like some Supermonkey" as she calls him in her thoughts, which makes her quite happy. Mikako wonders if he realizes that they hold hands for the first time since grade school. They can't find Maiko and Yuusuke and have to yet again run away from Nakagawa Ken's fans.

Cast and character appearances

 * Jiro Nishino
 * Mai "P-chan" Oota
 * Mariko Nakasu
 * Mikako Kouda
 * Noriji Sunami
 * Risa Kanzaki
 * Shuuji Shintani (only on photo)
 * Tsutomu Yamaguchi
 * Yuusuke Tashiro