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Episode 18 -	You are the Sunshine Girl
	KIMI wa kōkiatsu shōjo
	[You're a High-pressure Girl]
First aired -	31st January 1997

Miss Mihoshi enters class 4-3 one morning with an announcement - a new transfer student is arriving today. Sasami is worried for a moment, remembering her earlier experience with Boss (episode 14), but this time it seems to be a relatively normal student. The new student, a girl named Hikari Asahina, introduces herself to the class and takes the seat next to Sasami. Sasami greets her and tries to introduce Misao to the new arrival, but Hikari only seems interested in talking to Sasami.

Later that day, the class have their music lesson. Mihoshi invites class members to give a performance on the piano, and Sasami is eager to hear Misao play again. Hikari volunteers before Sasami can persuade the shy Misao otherwise, and as she plays, the whole class is entranced by her music. After the lesson, she tells everyone that she composed the tune for a special friend. She then addresses Sasami, telling her that she can't wait to play against her in dodgeball in gym class.

Sure enough, Sasami's dodgeball prowess is exhibited to its full in gym class, and only she and Hikari are left on opposing teams. Hikari is easily as skilled as Sasami, catching her best serve with no trouble and sending back an incredibly powerful return. Amid Sasami and Hikari's ever-increasing group of admirers, Misao begins to feel left out.

At lunch, Sasami meets Ryo-Ohki in the woods behind the school. Ryo-Ohki is surprised to hear of a new transfer student named Hikari, but he brushes it off. He reminds Sasami that she is supposed to be training after school so they can hopefully avoid another Team Sexy Mrs incident (episodes 16-17). As Ryo-Ohki leaves, Sasami turns around to discover that Hikari has been eavesdropping. Hikari asks Sasami who she was talking to, but she quickly changes the subject and walks back to school with Hikari.

After school, as they are cleaning the classroom, Hikari asks Sasami about Ryo-Ohki, and is very keen to meet him. She asks Misao what Ryo-Ohki is like, and Misao tells her that he is very cute and gentle. Hikari protests and says that she thinks Ryo-Ohki is cool and nice. Sasami is rather taken aback by Hikari's persistence, and finally tells her that can come over and see him.

A short while later Hikari reports in to Ramia, who sent her on this mission. Hikari is surprised that Sasami is such a nice girl, and nothing at all like Ramia has told her. However, Ramia convinces Hikari that Sasami's behaviour is really a front by showing Sasami and Ryo-Ohki training together, replacing the voices with her own to make it look as though Sasami is beating Ryo-Ohki up. Ramia tells Hikari that she must use her magical powers to save her beloved childhood friend from such brutal treatment.

Sasami finishes her training for the day, and Ryo-Ohki is impressed with her progress — another month, he says, and she will be at the peak of magical fitness. Sasami protests about having to train every day, then rushes off, leaving Ryo-Ohki wondering if he is pushing Sasami too hard. As he walks home alone, Ryo-Ohki bumps into Hikari. She picks him up and tells him that everything will be all right.

At school the next day, Sasami is worried about Ryo-Ohki, who has been missing since she ran off the previous evening. Hikari is absent as well. However, both of them are on the school roof. Hikari tells Ryo-Ohki that she has come to bring him back to Juraihelm so he will be free of Sammy's mistreatment. Ryo-Ohki assures Hikari that Sasami is a good person, but Hikari just assumes that he is lying because he is so scared of her! She picks him up and uses her magic to drain Ryo-Ohki of his strength and prevent him running away. She tries to call Ramia to get her to transport them both back to Juraihelm, but Ramia is too busy reading comics to notice!

Throughout the day, Sasami searches in vain for Ryo-Ohki. She even returns to their usual training spot after school, but there is no sign of him. Just as she starts thinking that Ryo-Ohki has gone for good, she hears his voice, transmitted to her telepathically. She rushes to the school roof, where Hikari is still trying to raise Ramia. After Sasami frees him from the ribbons Hikari tied him up with, Ryo-Ohki explains that Hikari is actually a childhood friend of his. Hikari, however, won't be convinced that Sasami and Ryo-Ohki are allies, and dons her combat outfit for a showdown with Sasami. Ryo-Ohki notices the red glow in her eyes - the sure sign that she is being manipulated by evil magic. Sasami reluctantly faces her and transforms into Pretty Sammy. She fires her minimum-power Pretty Coquettish Bomber at Hikari, but she repels it with ease and knocks Sammy to the ground. Hikari stands over Sammy, telling her she will repay her for the suffering she has caused her beloved Ryo-Ohki. Sammy insists that Ryo-Ohki is truly important to her, and the strength of her feelings spontaneously opens up Pretty Space around them. Hikari tries to attack first, firing a bolt of magic at Sammy, but Ryo-Ohki leaps in front of it to protect her. Hikari is stunned; she finally realises that her impression of Sammy was wrong. Sammy casts the Pretty Coquettish Bomber once more, and it blasts the evil magic out of Hikari's body, returning her to normal.

The battle over, Hikari apologises to Sammy and Ryo-Ohki for misjudging them both. Ryo-Ohki asks Hikari who cast the spell on her in the first place. Before Hikari can answer, she begins to drift away, her time on Earth at an end. Before she disappears, she kisses Ryo-Ohki on the forehead, tells him that she will be waiting on Juraihelm for him, and asks Sasami to look after him until they meet again.

At school the next day, the class are disappointed to learn that Hikari has transferred again. Sasami tells Misao that she will miss their new friend, but they will remain friends despite being apart. Misao agrees; she too will be Sasami's friend no matter what.

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