"Mitsui, stop pulling on my clothes! I just bought these new clothes, don't you go ripping them." Sakuragi clumsily pulled Mitsui away.
Mitsui, who had missed him fiercely and acted like a piece of sticky toffee, wouldn't let go of Sakuragi. He dragged him right up to the registration table, pointed at Sakuragi with great pride, and introduced him to the people there: "My underclassman, Sakuragi Hanamichi. From now on, you guys are his seniors too—make sure you look out for him!"
Lacking any sense of hierarchy whatsoever, Sakuragi actually greeted everyone politely: "Hello, seniors. My name is Sakuragi Hanamichi, a graduate of Shohoku High School."
Chapter 44